# Incident 20000924030319I: Cessna 401, Dallas, TX, September 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2000, 22:49 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VWYA
- Location: 32.8459° N, 96.8509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS LOVE FLD (DAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8459&lon=-96.8509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4088Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4088Q-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401 (registry code 207590C, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000924030319I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT'S STATMENT: AFTER LOWING THE GEAR I DID NOT GET AN INDICATION THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  I TOLD TOWER OF MY SITUATION AND THAT I NEEDED A HEADING AND ALTITUDE SO I COULD ACCOMPLISH THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST.  ONCE AT ALTITUDE I ACCOMPLISHED THE CHECKLIST SEVERAL TIMES AND STILL COULD NOT GET A NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK  INDICATION.  I THEN ASKED APPRAOCH IF I COULD DO A LOW APPROACH OVER RWY 31R TO CONFIRM MY NOSE GEAR WAS UP.  I DID THE LOW APPROACH.  IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT MY NOSE GEAR WAS UP.  AT THIS POINT I DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON 31R, WITH EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT STANDING BY.  I ACCOMPLISHED THE LANDING BY SHUTTING THE ENGINES DOWN ONCE THE LANDING WAS ASSURED.  ONCE I TOUCHED DOWN, I HELD THE NOSE UP AS LONG AS I COULD AND WHEN THE NOSE SETTLED TO THE GROUND, I LET THE PLANE SLOW TO A STOP.  I SECURED THE AIRPLANE AND EGRESSED.

## Other reports on N4088Q (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19811109082819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811109082819I), Nov 9, 1981: Cessna 401 (N4088Q), Asheville, NC, Minor damage. While taxing from ramp to taxiway aircraft swerved to the right and over an embankment.
- [Incident 19780321010019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780321010019I), Mar 21, 1978: Cessna 401 (N4088Q), Baton Rouge, LA, Minor damage. Aircraft being ferried stiff-legged. Gear collapsed on taxi turn due to excess load or hold-down failure.
- [Incident 19780305016319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780305016319I), Mar 5, 1978: Cessna 401 (N4088Q), Vidalia, LA, Minor damage. One main gear collapsed after touchdown, cause not determined.

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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