# Incident 19961023038069I: Cessna 750, Wichita, KS, October 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1996, 14:10 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N944H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 750
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,150 total, 105 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961023038069I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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