# Incident 19960107002239I: Cessna 421A, North Little Ro, AR, January 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: North Little Ro, AR
- Airport: North Little Rock Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8331° N, 92.2541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LITTLE ROCK MUNI (ORK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8331&lon=-92.2541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N422RD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 170 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960107002239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT; ON 01/07/96, AT 12:30 CST A CESSNA 421-A, N422RD, REGISTERED TO SAM'S INVESTMENTS, INC., LANDED AT 1M1 WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED 1M1 AT 12:00 CST ENROUTE TO HEZ. APPROXIMATELY 5KM SOUTH OF 1M1 A GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT CAME ON INFLIGHT. THE PILOT DECIDED TO STAY IN THE LIT CONTROL AREA AND TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO RECYCLE THE GEAR UNSUCCESSFULLY. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO RETURN TO 1M1 TO LAND. MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT NOR PASSENGER WERE INJURED. THE PILOT IS A CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BOTH NOSE GEAR DOORS AND BOTH ENGINE PROPS RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. TEST AND RESEARCH: A VISUAL INSPECTION REVEALED A BROKEN NOSE GEAR, WHEEL WELL BULKHEAD HOLDING THE UP-LOCK MECHANISM BROKE PREVENTING THE GEAR FROM LOCKING IN THE UP POSITION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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