# Incident 19881117064749I: Cessna 414, Gettysburg, PA, November 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1988, 10:30 local time
- Place: Gettysburg, PA
- Airport: Doersom Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8306° N, 77.2341° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gettysburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8306&lon=-77.2341&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40EJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40EJ-2017-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881117064749I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED ON CROSSWIND LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY ONTO TURF. SIDE BRACE LOCK AND BELLCRANK ARM FAILED.

## Other reports on N40EJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19910706032249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910706032249I), Jul 6, 1991: Cessna 414 (N40EJ), Sioux City, IA, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed on landing roll. Had three green lights on approach.

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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