# Incident 19981214043849I: Cessna 421C, Waco, TX, December 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1998, 17:50 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Waco Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6122° N, 97.2303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WACO RGNL (ACT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6122&lon=-97.2303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 900 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981214043849I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON DECEMBER 14, 1998, AT 1750 HOURS CST, A CESSNA 421C, N540CA, OPERATED ON A CFR 14 PART 91 FLIGHT COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR DURING LANDING ROLL OUT AT WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT (ACT). THE PILOT, MR. DONALD W. HAMMERMEISTER, HOLDER OF A COMMERCIAL MULTI ENGINE CERTIFICATE AND THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT AND WAS RETURING TOTHE SAME LOCATION AFTER A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AND PROPELLER TIPS.  THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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