# Incident 19960130003319I: Cessna 421B, Winona, MN, January 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1996, 14:30 local time
- Place: Winona, MN
- Airport: Winona Municipal-Max Conrad Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0796° N, 91.7116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINONA MUNI/MAX CONRAD FLD (ONA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0796&lon=-91.7116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42AG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,835 total, 734 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960130003319I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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