# Incident 19890324011959I: Cessna 421C, Dallas, TX, March 24, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Redbird Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777BE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777BE-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 450 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/19890324011959I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR FOLDED WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP AFTER LANDING. DOWN LOCK MECHANISM HAD FAILED WITHIN RETRACT CYLINDER.

## Other reports on N777BE (1)

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

- [Accident 19940121000759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940121000759A), Jan 21, 1994: Cessna 421C (N777BE), Titusville, FL, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On climbout rolled into 90 degree bank. Nose down and crash. Turbo oil drain fitting broke. Powewr loss mishandled.

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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