# Incident 20010809020129I: Cessna 401A, Dallas, TX, August 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2001, 20:30 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: N7KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7KF-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401A (registry code 207590D, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 190 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010809020129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON ARRIVAL FROM KHRL IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING AT KDAL PIC EXTENDED GEAR. PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD BANG UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT.  UPON LET DOWN GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED AND PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND.  TOWER CHECKED GEAR ON LOW APPROACH AND CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR NOT DOWN.  PILOT CLIMBED TO 3K FT., NORTHEAST BOUND AND EXTENDED GEAR MANUALLY.  TOWER CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR STILL NOT EXTENDED ON FLY-BY.  PILOT WENT AROUND AGAIN AND REQUESTED LANDED ON RUNWAY 13L.  PILOT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR UP, MAINS DOWN AND LOCKED.  PILOT STATED THAT A NOSE GEAR INDICATING LIGHT SHOWING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED WAS NEVER OBSERVED.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE NOSE SECTION.

## Other reports on N7KF (3)

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

- [Accident 20050620014009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050620014009A), Jun 20, 2005: Cessna 401A (N7KF), Houston, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On 06-20-2005 at 23:26 zulu, Cessna model 401A, N7KF struck a road sign, 2 vehicles and an airport perimeter fence while on final approach for runway 12R…
- [Incident 20020906023909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020906023909I), Sep 6, 2002: Cessna 401A (N7KF), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. (-23) Left brake failed while taxiing which caused the aircraft to veer to the right hitting a runway light with right propeller.
- [Accident 19840128001619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840128001619A), Jan 28, 1984: Cessna 401A (N7KF), San Francisco, CA, Substantial damage. Gear up landing was made due to nose wheel door actuating arms jamming the nose wheel up.

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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