# Incident 19940727030599I: Cessna 421C, Reno, NV, July 27, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1994, 17:30 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno Cannon International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77YR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,200 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940727030599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 27, 1994, AIRCRAFT N77YR, CESSNA 421C, DEPARTED CARSON CITY, NEVADA ENROUTE TO RENO, NEVADA. UPON LANDING IN RENO, NEVADA PILOT WAS MAKING NORMAL LANDING WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPARENTLY WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUSTAINED DAMAGED, TO THE NOSE GEAR AREA AND DAMAGED BOTH PROPELLERS. THE PILOT, THE ONLY PERSON ABOARD RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO FIRE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT HAS JUST RECEIVED AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS REVEALED THAT MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR. INVESTIGATION IS BEING FURTHER PURSUED ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INCIDENT AND REPORT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. INCIDENT DOES NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION REPORT. FORM 8020-17.

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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