# Incident 19900411062149I: Cessna 421B, Fort Worth, TX, April 11, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1990, 19:45 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5431J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5431J-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (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 421B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,600 total, 450 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900411062149I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. FOUND DRAG LINK BOLT HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N5431J (3)

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

- [Incident 20041029034379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041029034379I), Oct 29, 2004: Cessna 421B (N5431J), Tifton, GA, Minor damage. (-23) On landing at Tifton, GA the pilot reported hearing a loud pop. The aircraft struck the left prop and the left gear collapsed. The aircraft was removed…
- [Incident 20010523013989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010523013989I), May 23, 2001: Cessna 421B (N5431J), Teterboro, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed on runway 06, Teterboro in light rain, with standing water on the surface. Pilot applied brakes to decelerate and aircraft began veering…
- [Incident 19840202011049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840202011049I), Feb 2, 1984: Cessna 421B (N5431J), Eagle, CO, Minor damage. Reached down for a chart then ran off end of runway onto snow and ice while taxiing for takeoff.

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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