# Incident 20031229033449I: Cessna 421B, Marathon, FL, December 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2003, 11:15 local time
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Airport: Marathon Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.7323° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marathon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7323&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N318RF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N318RF-2006-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 350 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031229033449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 30, 2003, INSPECTOR FROM THIS OFFICE INVESTIGATED AN ACCIDENT/INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 29, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15AM AT MARATHON AIRPORT FLORIDA WITH A CESSNA 421B N318RF S/N 421B0245, UPON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND RELOCATED TO THE PARADISE AVIATION RAMP. PICTURES OF THE DAMAGED AREAS WERE TAKEN. WE INTERVIEWED THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, MR. HUBERT JOLLY CERTIFICATE #258543781 WHO WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO PASSENGER ON BOARD. HE STATED THAT UPON LANDING THE WINDS WERE APPROXIMATELY 100" @6 KNOTS TOUCHED GROUND ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR IT SEEMED LIKE A FLAT TIRE, APPROXIMATELY 5-10 SECONDS LATER THE LANDING GEAR FAILED. THE FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WERE NOTED: LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER (3) BLADES BENT. 2.LEFT INBOARD AND OUTBOARD FLAPS TRAILING EDGE AND RIBS ARE CRACKED SEEN LOOKING FORWARD. 3.LEFT AILERON OUTBOARD RIB IS BENT. 4.LEFT LOWER WINGTIP AFT LIGHT ASSEMBLY MISSING. 5.LEFT HAND INBOARD GEAR DOOR. 6.LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE BROKEN. 7.UPPER LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHERE SIDE BRACE ATTACHES MISSING LUGS. 8.END FITTING LINK.

## Other reports on N318RF (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050707016449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050707016449A), Jul 7, 2005: Cessna 421B (N318RF), Medina, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft departed 1G5 Medina municipal, Medina, Ohio for raliegh-durham, north carolina. Pilot noticed a high oil temperature and elected to go back to…

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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