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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Cameron Park, CA · March 24, 1989

Date
March 24, 1989 · 00:30 local
Place
Cameron Park, CA
Airport
Cameron Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N799
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total2,000 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost electrical power. Flashlight used in cockpit. Gear up landing made. Did not determine that gear was down.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. FLASHLIGHT USED IN COCKPIT. GEAR UP LANDING MADE. DID NOT DETERMINE THAT GEAR WAS DOWN.