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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Cleveland, OH · April 15, 1996

Date: April 15, 1996 · 11:50 local
Place: Cleveland, OH
Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N850RM
Reported as: Cessna 421C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total130 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N850RMRegistered now · Cessna 421CS/N 421C0283 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 421C Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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: upon touchdown pilot experienced directional control problem due to right gear scissor failure. Aircraft went off the right side of the runway, and slid approximately 75 feet in grass and soft ground. Examination of the right gear revealed wheel had turned 180 degrees off center. Right hand main landing gear scissors bolt pulled through scissors, due to improper washer installation.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: UPON TOUCHDOWN PILOT EXPERIENCED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM DUE TO RIGHT GEAR SCISSOR FAILURE. AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET IN GRASS AND SOFT GROUND. EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT GEAR REVEALED WHEEL HAD TURNED 180 DEGREES OFF CENTER. RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR SCISSORS BOLT PULLED THROUGH SCISSORS, DUE TO IMPROPER WASHER INSTALLATION.