# Incident 19990105005829I: Cessna 421C, Festus, MO, January 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Festus, MO
- Airport: Festus Memorial Aprt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2192° N, 90.4098° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Festus, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2192&lon=-90.4098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N112RL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990105005829I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON LANDING ROLL, LEFT MLG CONTACTED FROZEN SNOW RUT, VEERING A/C. PILOT CORRECTED WITH RUDDER INPUT (WHICH COCKED THE NLG). WHEN AREA OF TRACTION WAS CONTACTED, THE COCKED NLG DUG IN, CAUSING NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE SECTION OF A/C.

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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