# Incident 20010825022519I: Cessna 421B, Houma, LA, August 25, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Houma-Terrebonne Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5665° N, 90.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5665&lon=-90.6604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8083Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8083Q-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010825022519I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON SATURDAY AUGUST 25, 2001, PILOT DEPARTED HOUMA/TERREBONNE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM FOR A TEST FLIGHT AROUND THE HOUMA AREA. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED THE GEAR UP LIGHT WAS BLINKING.  PILOT PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN TO CYCLE THE GEAR, PILOT NOTICED THAT THE GEAR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON, SOON AFTER THE GEAR HORN CAME ON INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.  PILOT MADE A PASS BY THE ATC TOWER AND ATC REPORTED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE GEAR HORN WAS STILL BLOWING, PILOT REPORTED BACK TO ATC TO GET EMERGENCY CREWS READY, HE WILL BE MAKING A EMERGENCY LANDING.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AND ROLLED FOR 15 SECONDS AND THEN THE LEFT LANDING GEAR FOLDED UNDER, AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FLAPS, AILERON, AND PROPELLER.  LANDING GEAR OVER CENTER LOCK SNAPPED IN HALF.

## Other reports on N8083Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19891103061869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891103061869I), Nov 3, 1989: Cessna 421B (N8083Q), Knoxville, TN, Minor damage. Brake did not function on turn onto runway. Departed runway and propeller hit VASI light.
- [Accident 19850515020349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850515020349A), May 15, 1985: Cessna 421B (N8083Q), Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage. Left main wheel assembly departed aircraft on takeoff. Gear up landing made. Wheel bearing assembly failed.

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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