# Incident 19950406011859I: Cessna 401, Sioux Falls, SD, April 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1995, 17:29 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5820° N, 96.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5820&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7913Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7913Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401B (registry code 207590E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950406011859I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19791011052289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791011052289I), Oct 11, 1979: Cessna 401B (N7913Q), Odessa, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Tube assembly, 5045206-15, failed. Interfered with nose gear operation.

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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