# Incident 19960920040579I: Cessna 421C, Akron, OH, September 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1996, 14:25 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron-Canton Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9151° N, 81.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON-CANTON RGNL (CAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9151&lon=-81.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98437, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98437) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960920040579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UPON LANDING NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. EYE BROKE OFF THE END OF NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR. THIS WAS THE 9TH LANDING SINCE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED. PROPS AND ENGINE COWLING DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N98437 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820304016519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820304016519I), Mar 4, 1982: Cessna 421C (N98437), Santa Maria, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Nose landing gear retract cylinder rod end failed.
- [Accident 19810927065271A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810927065271A), Sep 27, 1981: Cessna 421 (N98437), Placerville, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with N96837 while taxiing in from landing. Other aircraft failed to yield right of way.

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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