# Incident 20030507010699I: Cessna 421B, Yuma, AZ, May 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2003, 13:35 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Airport: Yuma Mcas - Yuma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N641SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N641SC-2013-05-20) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 3,836 total, 203 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030507010699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 07, 2003, ABOUT 1335 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, CESSNA 421, N641SC, NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, DURING LANDING AT THE YUMA AIRPORT, ARIZONA. IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT BY THE PILOT, HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND HEARD A SOUND OF METAL BEING PULLED APART. THE MAIN GEAR INDICATION LIGHTS ILLUMINATE BUT NOT THE NOSE GEAR INDICATION LIGHT. THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE ATP PILOT, AND OCCUPANT WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

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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