OpenAirDocs.org

19980826035709I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Cessna 421 · Great Falls, MT · August 26, 1998

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
August 26, 1998 · 11:15 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
Great Falls International
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FMMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N88584
Reported as
Cessna 421
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,515 total340 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
N88584Registered now · Cessna 421CS/N 421C0642 · Built 1979Airframe modelCessna 421CEngine modelContinental GTSI0-520-F-KReciprocating

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.

During the conduct of a FAR 135.293 check, the PIC was conducting the takeoff portion of a touch and go. The aircraft passed over the arresting gear cable as the aircraft was beginning to rotate for takeoff. The aircraft turned right 5 to 10 degrees and pedal was applied to correct this heading change. The aircraft became airborne immediately. While on the climb out an attempt to raise the landing gear. The decision was made to position the gear in the down position. Immediately on touchdown of the nose wheel we had an indication of a flat tire. The aircraft came to rest on the left side of the runway. Upon deplaning we saw that the nose wheel was turned completely to the right at approximately 55 degrees with what tire that remained wrapped around the strut and the wheel guard was completely twisted around the wheel and strut. It is believed that the aircraft hit a clamp on the cable and this caused the tire to be damaged. The arresting gear had indicated down in the ATCT. Airport maintenance personnel indicated the arresting gear was down.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE CONDUCT OF A FAR 135.293 CHECK, THE PIC WAS CONDUCTING THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF A TOUCH AND GO. THE AIRCRAFT PASSED OVER THE ARRESTING GEAR CABLE AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEGINNING TO ROTATE FOR TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED RIGHT 5 TO 10 DEGREES AND PEDAL WAS APPLIED TO CORRECT THIS HEADING CHANGE. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE IMMEDIATELY. WHILE ON THE CLIMB OUT AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO POSITION THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. IMMEDIATELY ON TOUCHDOWN OF THE NOSE WHEEL WE HAD AN INDICATION OF A FLAT TIRE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. UPON DEPLANING WE SAW THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS TURNED COMPLETELY TO THE RIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 55 DEGREES WITH WHAT TIRE THAT REMAINED WRAPPED AROUND THE STRUT AND THE WHEEL GUARD WAS COMPLETELY TWISTED AROUND THE WHEEL AND STRUT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT A CLAMP ON THE CABLE AND THIS CAUSED THE TIRE TO BE DAMAGED. THE ARRESTING GEAR HAD INDICATED DOWN IN THE ATCT. AIRPORT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INDICATED THE ARRESTING GEAR WAS DOWN.