# Incident 19850102012429I: Cessna 421C, Pittsburgh, PA, January 2, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1985, 15:20 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3920C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3920C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 60 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850102012429I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE GEAR NOT LOCKED DOWN. PROPELLER TIPS STRUCK PAVEMENT. GO AROUND INITIATED, EMERGENCY EXTENSION, SAFE LANDING.

## Other reports on N3920C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20211013017529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211013017529I), Oct 13, 2021: Cessna 421C (N3920C), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. On October 13, 2021 at approximately 1007 local time, a Cessna 421C, registration N3920C landed without incident at richard l. jones, jr. airport (krvs) Tulsa,…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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