# Incident 20030416005229I: Cessna 421B, Yuma, AZ, April 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2003, 10:35 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Airport: Yuma Mcas - Yuma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EKIA
- Location: 32.6559° N, 114.6064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YUMA MCAS/YUMA INTL (NYL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6559&lon=-114.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N638SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N638SC-2011-03-22) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,295 total, 866 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030416005229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND MEDICAL CREW RETURNING TO HOME BASE, YUMA. WINDS REPORTED 070 AT 7 KTS, CLEAR SKY, RUNWAY 35 SELECTED FOR LANDING. UNEVENTFUL APPROACH, TOUCHDOWN AND INITIAL ROLL OUT. PILOT REPORTS THAT AFTER APPROX 800-1000 FEET AFTER TOUCH DOWN, LEFT WING STARTED TO DROP DOWN. INITIAL RESPONSE WAS TO USE AILERON TO PICK UP. ADDED POWER TO LEFT ENGINE TO COUNTER DROP. CONTINUED TO DROP CAUSING LEFT PROP TO STRIKE PAVEMENT. LEFT WING TIP, AILERON AND FLAP CAME IN CONTACT WITH GROUND SURFACE. DEPARTED RUNWAY. SECURED AIRCRAFT AND EXITED AFTER FLIGHT CREW. POST INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE LEFT MAIN DOWN LOCK PIVOT POINT BOLT (NAS464P4-26) HAD FAILED SOMETIME DURING ROLL OUT.

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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