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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 401 · Hammond, LA · June 21, 1997

Date: June 21, 1997 · 11:30 local
Place: Hammond, LA
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3268Q
Reported as: Cessna 401
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,580 total75 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

N3268QRegistered now · Cessna 401S/N 401-0068 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna 401 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on June 21, 1997, at 1135 central daylight time, a Cessna, model 401, aircraft registered to east tenn. Air, inc., experienced a blown right main tire during landing and departed the runway. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and instrument flight rules flight plan was in effect. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The commercial pilot and three passengers sustained no injuries. The flight originated at Hammond municipal airport (OR9) on June 21, 1997, and was returning due to an unsecured nose baggage door latch. Investigation revealed that the forward latch on the left nose baggage door would appear latched when, in fact, the latch was not engaged.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 21, 1997, AT 1135 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA, MODEL 401, AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO EAST TENN. AIR, INC., EXPERIENCED A BLOWN RIGHT MAIN TIRE DURING LANDING AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS IN EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HAMMOND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (OR9) ON JUNE 21, 1997, AND WAS RETURNING DUE TO AN UNSECURED NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR LATCH. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE FORWARD LATCH ON THE LEFT NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR WOULD APPEAR LATCHED WHEN, IN FACT, THE LATCH WAS NOT ENGAGED.