# Incident 19940118004239I: Cessna 441, Benton Harbor, MI, January 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1994, 06:35 local time
- Place: Benton Harbor, MI
- Airport: Ross Field-Twin Cities
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EATA
- Location: 42.1135° N, 86.4472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benton Harbor, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1135&lon=-86.4472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6851X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6851X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940118004239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 18, 1994 AT APPROXIMATELY 0635 EST, A CESSNA CE-441 CONQUEST WAS BEING OPERATED BY SUPERIOR AVIATION, INC. AND PILOTED BY MR. DONALD C. FARROUGH. MR. FARROUGH WAS ASSISTED BY SIC MR. RICHARD E. JENKINS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LANSING, MICHIGAN AND FLEW TO BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN FOR A PASSENGER PICK UP. DURING THE APPROACH, MR. FARROUGH INDICATED ALL WAS NORMAL UNTIL APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN RUNWAY 27 DURING ROLLOUT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE AND A CONVERSATION WITH MR. RON BROKOB, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR SUPERIOR AVIATION, INC. REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATION DOWN LOCK SWITCH HAD FROZEN AND GAVE THE CREW AN INDICATION OF THREE GREEN LIGHTS, EVEN THOUGH THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED SEEING THE REFLECTION OF THEIR NOSE GEAR LIGHT IN THE LIGHT SNOW THAT WAS FALLING AT THE TIME WHILE ON THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 AND DIDN'T GIVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT THAT THEIR NOSE GEAR MIGHT NOT BE LOCKED DOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LANSING, MICHIGAN (LAN) ON JANUARY 18, 1994 AT APPROXIMATELY 0600 EST. AMALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT IS INCLUDED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N6851X (1)

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

- [Incident 20001108024299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001108024299I), Nov 8, 2000: Cessna 441 (N6851X), Sault Ste Marie, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Hit deer on landing-minor damage to a/c

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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