37.6922° N, 97.3375° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 23, 1996 · 14:10 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N944H
Reported as
Cessna 750
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,150 total105 in this make and model150 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: testing emergency blow down after 5 cycles normal gear. No nose down indication. Confirmed doors slightly open by chase aircraft. G'd airplane; got nose mostly down. Approx. 30 minutes dealing with problem. Landed, rolled 500' on nose gear, slowly collapsed. Cause unknown-under investigation. Last Cessna safety meeting in July 1996.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: TESTING EMERGENCY BLOW DOWN AFTER 5 CYCLES NORMAL GEAR. NO NOSE DOWN INDICATION. CONFIRMED DOORS SLIGHTLY OPEN BY CHASE AIRCRAFT. G'D AIRPLANE; GOT NOSE MOSTLY DOWN. APPROX. 30 MINUTES DEALING WITH PROBLEM. LANDED, ROLLED 500' ON NOSE GEAR, SLOWLY COLLAPSED. CAUSE UNKNOWN-UNDER INVESTIGATION. LAST CESSNA SAFETY MEETING IN JULY 1996.