19960130003319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Winona, MN · January 30, 1996

Date: January 30, 1996 · 14:30 local
Place: Winona, MN
Airport: Winona Municipal-Max Conrad Fld
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N42AG
Reported as: Cessna 421B
Reported engine: Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,835 total734 in this make and model102 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: downwind for landing runway 29 at Winona nose gear would not extend. Nose gear up landing was made. Nose of aircraft was held off until about last 20 feet of roll out. Very minor damage done - nose of aircraft and one prop blade of each propeller. It appears aircraft took off from flying cloud arpt (MN) with a flat nose strut. Upon takeoff and retraction of nose wheel, strut did not extend. As the wheel retracted into the well it not being in the proper position - the strut (lower position) became wedged against door hinges. Gear motor continued to run until a bellcrank broke.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DOWNWIND FOR LANDING RUNWAY 29 AT WINONA NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. NOSE GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE. NOSE OF AIRCRAFT WAS HELD OFF UNTIL ABOUT LAST 20 FEET OF ROLL OUT. VERY MINOR DAMAGE DONE - NOSE OF AIRCRAFT AND ONE PROP BLADE OF EACH PROPELLER. IT APPEARS AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM FLYING CLOUD ARPT (MN) WITH A FLAT NOSE STRUT. UPON TAKEOFF AND RETRACTION OF NOSE WHEEL, STRUT DID NOT EXTEND. AS THE WHEEL RETRACTED INTO THE WELL IT NOT BEING IN THE PROPER POSITION - THE STRUT (LOWER POSITION) BECAME WEDGED AGAINST DOOR HINGES. GEAR MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN UNTIL A BELLCRANK BROKE.