# Incident 19850703048599I: Cessna 401, Ft Lauderdale, FL, July 3, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1985, 15:00 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7896F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7896F-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401 (registry code 207590C, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850703048599I

## Narrative

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

HEARD LOUD NOISE WITH GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR. GEAR LINK FAILED AT ATTACH POINT.

## Other reports on N7896F (2)

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

- [Accident 19870603035089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870603035089A), Jun 3, 1987: Cessna 401 (N7896F), Nassau, Bahamas, Destroyed, 4 fatal. The aircraft is missing. Flight plan was from freeport to crooked island. Presumed destroyed.
- [Incident 19780331012249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780331012249I), Mar 31, 1978: Cessna 401 (N7896F), Lubbock, TX. Power loss on takeoff due to air flow block to the turbo charger. Seperation of flexible ducting.

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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