# Incident 19851205073559I: Cessna 401A, Redding, CA, December 5, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1985, 20:00 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5090° N, 122.2934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDDING RGNL (RDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5090&lon=-122.2934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501BJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501BJ-2023-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401A (registry code 207590D, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 1,200 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/19851205073559I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION AND COLLAPSE ON ROLLOUT. FOUND RETRACT LINKAGE MISALIGNED. PREVENTING NORMAL LOCKING.

## Other reports on N501BJ (1)

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

- [Accident 19730320004209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730320004209A), Mar 20, 1973: Cessna 401A (N501BJ), Morrisville, NC, Substantial damage. L wing tip tank hit corner of metal hangar.

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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