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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 401 · Sioux Falls, SD · April 6, 1995

Date
April 6, 1995 · 17:29 local
Place
Sioux Falls, SD
Airport
Joe Foss Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7913Q
Reported as
Cessna 401
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,200 total100 in this make and model20 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.

Narrative: curtis kreps piloted N7913Q, Cessna 401, departing pkd park rapids, MN at 1600 on April 6, 1995. Upon arrival at fsd Sioux Falls, SD the right main gear indicated an unsafe condition and a fly by of the fsd tower verified that the right main gear was partially down. Unable to get the gear fully down,, the pilot landed the aircraft at fsd on runway 21, then veered off the runway into the grass causing minor damage to the aircraft. The pilot and four prisoners escaped without injury. Right main gear scissor link bushing pulled through the boss allowing the main gear to rotate 90 degrees, causing the gear not to come down properly. Business aviation will submit m or d report at completion of gear repair.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: CURTIS KREPS PILOTED N7913Q, CESSNA 401, DEPARTING PKD PARK RAPIDS, MN AT 1600 ON APRIL 6, 1995. UPON ARRIVAL AT FSD SIOUX FALLS, SD THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR INDICATED AN UNSAFE CONDITION AND A FLY BY OF THE FSD TOWER VERIFIED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS PARTIALLY DOWN. UNABLE TO GET THE GEAR FULLY DOWN,, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT FSD ON RUNWAY 21, THEN VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND FOUR PRISONERS ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. RIGHT MAIN GEAR SCISSOR LINK BUSHING PULLED THROUGH THE BOSS ALLOWING THE MAIN GEAR TO ROTATE 90 DEGREES, CAUSING THE GEAR NOT TO COME DOWN PROPERLY. BUSINESS AVIATION WILL SUBMIT M OR D REPORT AT COMPLETION OF GEAR REPAIR.

Other reports on N7913Q · 1

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