# Incident 19851126066069I: Cessna 401, Gothenburg, NE, November 26, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1985, 08:00 local time
- Place: Gothenburg, NE
- Airport: Quinn
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.9247° N, 100.1539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gothenburg, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9247&lon=-100.1539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101SB-2002-09-23) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,051 total, 581 in this make and model, 181 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851126066069I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT VEERED ON LANDING AND RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. GEAR MOTOR DID NOT STOP ON RETRACTION, OVERSTRESSED BELLCRANK.

## Other reports on N101SB (2)

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

- [Accident 19840803039719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840803039719A), Aug 3, 1984: Cessna 401 (N101SB), Hutchinson, KS, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed while taxiing for takeoff. Wing rib support bracket failed. Punched a hole in wing rib.
- [Accident 19840405036259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840405036259A), Apr 5, 1984: Cessna 401 (N101SB), Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. Right main gear collapsed inward on the landing roll. Gear side brace pulled out of attachment to wing rib.

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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