20021221033609I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Lubbock, TX · December 21, 2002

Date
December 21, 2002 · 19:20 local
Place
Lubbock, TX
Airport
Lubbock International Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N41055
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Pilot’s flight hours
7,700 total2,000 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) N41055 left from Lubbock International Airport, upon retracting the gear the pilot noticed problems with the nose gear retraction. Pilot returned to Lubbock International Airport for landing. The nose gear would not extend. The pilot landed with the nose gear retracted and the main landing gear extended, causing minimal damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N41055 LEFT FROM LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, UPON RETRACTING THE GEAR THE PILOT NOTICED PROBLEMS WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION. PILOT RETURNED TO LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR LANDING. THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED, CAUSING MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.