# Incident 20020226006489I: Cessna 414A, Osceola, WI, February 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2002, 08:34 local time
- Place: Osceola, WI
- Airport: L O Simenstad Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3094° N, 92.6899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at L O SIMENSTAD MUNI (OEO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3094&lon=-92.6899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2664T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 1,194 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020226006489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO OSCEOLA, WI (OEO), PILOT LOWERED LANDING GEAR WITH 1/4 FLAPS. OBSERVED 3 GEAR LIGHTS. (GREEN). ON SHORT FINAL OBSERVED 3 LANDING GEAR LIGHTS (GREEN). AIRSPEED SEEMED A LITTLE HIGH. ON LANDING MAIN GEAR IN CONTACT LOWERED THE NOSE AND HEARD CHOPPING. PROPELLERS CONTACTED RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SLID TO STOP. THREE PASSENGERS STATED VERBALLY THAT NO UNUSUAL NOISES, OTHER THAN PROPELLERS. THEY NOTICED NO LIGHTS. THEY WERE ALL SEATED IN THE CABIN AREA. EXITED NORMALLY. NO INJURIES. NO FIRE. ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE. NOSE LANDING GEAR REPORTED FREE IN WELL AS PLANE RESTED ON RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT RETRIEVED AND NOSE GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED WITH HAND PRESSURE.

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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