# Incident 19990624022089I: Cessna 414, Redmond, OR, June 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1999, 13:10 local time
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Airport: Roberts Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2541° N, 121.1500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Roberts Field (RDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2541&lon=-121.1500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86VS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86VS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990624022089I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO RDM FROM BAKERSFIELD, CA PILOT HEARD A "BANG" WHEN EXTENDING GEAR. NOSE GEAR DID NOT SHOW GREEN.  TOWER CONFIRMED LACK OF EXTENSION.  PILOT REVIEWED CHECKLIST, CIRCLED AIRPORT TO USE FUEL TO 10 GAL. THEN PERFORMED CONTROLLED LANDING.  BUTLER AIRCRAFT CO. INSPECTED A/C AND FOUND NOSE WHEEL FENDER JAMMED IN TOP OF WHEEL WELL AGAINST UPLOCK HOOK LINKAGE.  RETRACT ROD FITTING FAILED APPARENTLY WHEN LINKAGE WAS ACTUATED AND GEAR WOULD NOT RELEASE.  FOUND A/C WITHIN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND NO RECENT MAINTENANCE ON NOSE GEAR FAIRING.  MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO RADOME, GEAR DOORS AND R/H FWD FUSELAGE.  ALL PROPELLER BLADES BENT.  M OR D REQUESTED FROM BUTLER A/C CO. 6/30/99.

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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