# Incident 19990214038179I: Cessna 414, Ocala, FL, February 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1999, 16:31 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Ocala Municipal-Jim Taylor Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1719° N, 82.2241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCALA INTL-JIM TAYLOR FLD (OCF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1719&lon=-82.2241&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2UC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990214038179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 14, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 LOCAL N2UC A CESSNA 414 ENROUTE FROM ORLANDO, FL TO TUSCALOOSA EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND DIVERTED TO OCALA, FL (OCF).  PILOT USED A HAND HELD COMM. DEVICE TO CONTACT OCF CTAF/UNICOM AND MADE A FLY-BY AFTER EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR.  A MANUAL/EMERG. PROCEDURES. WAS TOLD GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED.  PILOT MADE A SOFT FIELD LANDING AND WHEN NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE MAIN RIGHT GEAR FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID OFF OF RUNWAY INITIALLY AND RETURN TO RUNWAY SURFACE AFTER PILOT APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER.  SKID MARKS AND PROP STRIKES COMFIRM AIRCRAFT DIRECTION AFTER LANDING.  NOSE GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR OCCUPANTS.  MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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