# Accident 19890713022279A: Cessna 421, Okmulgee, OK, July 13, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1989, 11:15 local time
- Place: Okmulgee, OK
- Airport: Okmulgee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6681° N, 95.9487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Okmulgee Regional Airport (OKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6681&lon=-95.9487&mi=10
- Aircraft: N699PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N699PC-1991-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,470 total, 894 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890713022279A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOCK DOWN NOSE GEAR. SECURED BOTH ENGINES TOO SOON ON GEAR UP LANDING. LANDED SHORT. RETRACT ROD FAILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW89LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA135), Jul 13, 1989: Cessna 421 (N699PC), Okmulgee, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AND THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PRECAUTIONARY LANDING PROCEDURES THAT INCLUDED SECURING THE ENGINES PRIOR TO A POINT WHERE A SAFE LANDING WAS ASSURED.

## Other reports on N699PC (1)

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

- [Incident 19890305026969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890305026969I), Mar 5, 1989: Cessna 421 (N699PC), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Nose landing gear collapsed on rollout. Nose landing gear intermediate retraction tube bent.

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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