# Incident 20021221033609I: Cessna 421B, Lubbock, TX, December 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2002, 19:20 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41055, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41055) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 7,700 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021221033609I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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