# Incident 19970406004899I: Cessna 421, Bend, OR, April 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1997, 18:36 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Sunriver Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8763° N, 121.4531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUNRIVER (S21), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8763&lon=-121.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N285N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N285N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 475 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970406004899I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 4-6-97, 1836 PDT, AT SUNRIVER, OREGON AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT N285N, CESSNA 421 TOUCHED DOWN AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF LEFT (EAST SIDE) SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. APRIL 18, 1997, INSPECTOR STEPHEN SMITH INSPECTED AIRCRAFT N285N. HE FOUND THAT THE REASON FOR THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE WAS THE FAILURE OF THE SIDE BRACE LOCK BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY. THE FORWARD EAR FOR ATTACHING THE LEFT HAND BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY TO THE LEFT HAND CYLINDER/TRUNNION ASSEMBLY WAS BROKEN OFF. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N285N (1)

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

- [Incident 19890623017369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890623017369I), Jun 23, 1989: Cessna 421 (N285N), Friday Harbor, WA, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on landing rollout when the aircraft weight was fully on the wheels.

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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