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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · Huron, SD · July 16, 1997

Date: July 16, 1997 · 08:55 local
Place: Huron, SD
Airport: Huron Regional
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N97LJ
Reported as: Cessna 414A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,500 total2,150 in this make and model30 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: on landing, the nose gear collapsed. The pilot stated that he had three green lights and this fact was witnessed by airport maintenance personnel cutting the grass. The damage was limited to both propellers, nose gear doors, pitot tubes and radome. When aircraft was lifted the nose gear was placed in down position and it locked with three green lights. Investigation of the nose gear hyd. Cylinder didn't reveal any problems.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND THIS FACT WAS WITNESSED BY AIRPORT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CUTTING THE GRASS. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO BOTH PROPELLERS, NOSE GEAR DOORS, PITOT TUBES AND RADOME. WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED THE NOSE GEAR WAS PLACED IN DOWN POSITION AND IT LOCKED WITH THREE GREEN LIGHTS. INVESTIGATION OF THE NOSE GEAR HYD. CYLINDER DIDN'T REVEAL ANY PROBLEMS.