# Accident 20030920023019A: Cessna 421B, Driggs, ID, September 20, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2003, 17:30 local time
- Place: Driggs, ID
- Airport: Tetonpeaks/Driggs Municipal/Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7386° N, 111.1047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7386&lon=-111.1047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41053 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 138 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030920023019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDED @ DRIGGS, ID. AS AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY ONTO TAXI WAY FELT A VIBRATION IN NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT FELL NOSE FIRST ONTO TAXI WAY. WHEN PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT NOTICED DEBRIS FOR APPROX. 500'. THE NOSE WHEEL BEARING WERE SMOKING. THE NOSE WHEEL, AXIAL AND SEVERAL OTHER PIECES WERE LYING ON THE TAXI WAY. APPEARS THE NOSE WHEEL BEARING FROZE UP AND SHEARED AXIAL. AFTER THE NOSE WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE PAVEMENT CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. BOTH PROPS STRUCK THE GROUND AND DAMAGED ALL 6 BLADES. INSPECTOR STATEMENT ATTACHED, WHO PERFORMED ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA03LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA192), Sep 20, 2003: Cessna 421B (N41053), Driggs, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the nose landing gear while taxiing due to the failure of the nose wheel bearing. A factor was the lack of lubrication.

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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