# Incident 20010605013639I: Cessna 421, Middletown, PA, June 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFGDU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 424 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010605013639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 5, 2001, AT 1430 HOURS, A CESSNA 421 (CFGDU) OWNER AND OPERATED BY CANADIAN PILOT DAVID HAINES LANDED AT MDT AIRPORT IN MIDDLETOWN, PA. UPON LANDING, ALL THE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER FAR PART 91 IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  PILOT HAINES STATED THAT HE HAD SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, AND TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH.  AFTER ENTERING THE PATTERN, HE TURNED ON THE MASTER SWITCH TO LOWER THE GEAR.  THE COCKPIT AGAIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. HE TURNED THE MASTER OFF, AND CONTINUED TO LOWER THE GEAR MANUALLY.  UPON LANDING, THE GEAR COLLAPSED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE SMOKE MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE HEATER.

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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