# Incident 19970514010259I: Cessna 414, Harlingen, TX, May 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1997, 20:23 local time
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Airport: Rio Grande Valley International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1906° N, 97.6961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harlingen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1906&lon=-97.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8150Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8150Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 100 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970514010259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT TOLD THE TOWER OPERATOR THAT HE JUST FAILED TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 17R. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE LONE PILOT. WEATHER WAS REPORTED FROM THE TOWER AS CLEAR AND 10 MILES VISIBILITY. DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE JIM COONEY OF AMIGOS AVIATION SERVE. STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER RAISING THE AIRCRAFT TO MOVE FROM THE RUNWAY AND THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS OPERATIONAL. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AS BEING TO THE INBOARD FLAP TRAILING EDGES, BOTH PROPS, GEAR DOORS AND SKIN ON THE BELLY. NO BULKHEAD OR STRINGER DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL AND CONTAINED TO HIS OWN AIRCRAFT.

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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