# Incident 20000115002449I: Cessna 414, Mobile, AL, January 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2000, 13:54 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2UC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000115002449I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AIRCRAFT HAD EXTENSIVE GEAR OVERHAUL ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. RIGGING AND TENSION ON GEAR IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AT THIS TIME, THE GEAR TORSION ROD FAILED CAUSING MAIN TO FOLD.

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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