37.2847° N, 120.5140° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 15, 1994 · 17:05 local
Place
Merced, CA
Airport
Merced Municipal/Mac Ready
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N666WM
Reported as
Cessna 421A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,772 total100 in this make and model23 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.
Steep descent. Put flaps down too fast for gear extension. Delayed distracted by traffic. Landed gear up.
As the FAA filed it
STEEP DESCENT.PUT FLAPS DOWN TOO FAST FOR GEAR EXTENSION. DELAYED DISTRACTED BY TRAFFIC. LANDED GEAR UP.