# Incident 19980223011169I: Cessna 401B, Corpus Christi, TX, February 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1998, 21:45 local time
- Place: Corpus Christi, TX
- Airport: Corpus Christi International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VWYA
- Location: 27.7722° N, 97.5024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORPUS CHRISTI INTL (CRP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7722&lon=-97.5024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7916Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7916Q-2007-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401B (registry code 207590E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,624 total, 49 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980223011169I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 23, 1998, AT 21:45 HOURS, A CESSNA 401B OWNED BY HALO FLIGHT INC., AND OPERATED BY AMIGOS AVIATION INC., OUT OF HARLINGEN, LANDED GEAR UP AT CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING AN AIR AMBULANCE FLIGHT. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ALL MLG DOORS, WING FLAPS AND BOTH PROPS. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN MCALLEN ON 2-23-98 AT 21:00 HOURS. ROBERT ARISPE AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR.

## Other reports on N7916Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19951012041279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951012041279I), Oct 12, 1995: Cessna 401 (N7916Q), San Antonio, TX. Narrative: on October 12, 1995, at 0941 local time, a Cessna 401 owned by air time aviation of houston, Texas, made an emergency landing at Kelly air force…

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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