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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · Omaha, NE · October 17, 1997

Date: October 17, 1997 · 13:18 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5378C
Reported as: Cessna 414A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

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: N5378C, a Cessna 414, departed Eppley Airfield, Omaha, Nebraska en-route to ames, Iowa. After gear retraction the gear light was flickering. The pilot returned to Eppley Airfield and on approach the pilot extended the main landing gear but had to use the emergency system for nose gear extension. The aircraft landed without further incident. Maintenance discovered a loose b nut in the left engine firewall area where hydraulic fluid was leaking. What caused the nut to loosen could not be determined. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: N5378C, A CESSNA 414, DEPARTED EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NEBRASKA EN-ROUTE TO AMES, IOWA. AFTER GEAR RETRACTION THE GEAR LIGHT WAS FLICKERING. THE PILOT RETURNED TO EPPLEY AIRFIELD AND ON APPROACH THE PILOT EXTENDED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR BUT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM FOR NOSE GEAR EXTENSION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A LOOSE B NUT IN THE LEFT ENGINE FIREWALL AREA WHERE HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS LEAKING. WHAT CAUSED THE NUT TO LOOSEN COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.