# Incident 19990401022199I: Cessna 414A, Red Bluff, CA, April 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1999, 13:00 local time
- Place: Red Bluff, CA
- Airport: Red Bluff Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GJAA
- Location: 40.1503° N, 122.2522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RED BLUFF MUNI (RBL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1503&lon=-122.2522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6562C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 60 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990401022199I

## Narrative

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

(FROM -23) PILOT REPORTED DEPARTING RBL @ 12:30 ON 3-31-99 WITH 3 PAX.  LANDING GEAR RETRACTION WAS NORMAL SOUNDING AND FEELING EXCEPT UNSAFE LIGHT ON.  PILOT CYCLED GEAR AND OBTAINED 3 GREENS WITH GEAR DOWN BUT WHEN RETRACTED AGAIN, UNSAFE LIGHT STAYED ON.  PILOT EXTENDED GEAR AND RETURNED TO RBL WITH 3 GREENS SHOWING.  ON TOUCH DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE NOSE WAS LOWERED.  DAMAGE INCLUDED BOTH PROPELLERS AND THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  COMPANY DOM STATED AFTER INSPECTION THAT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR MOUNT EARS HAD BROKEN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED LOCALLY BY MR. MARK ANDERSON AND THEN FLOWN TO RAM AIRCRAFT IN WACO, TEXAS FOR THE ENGINE INSPECTION AND ANNUAL INSPECTION.  PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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