20040126001409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · Wichita, KS · January 26, 2004

Date: January 26, 2004 · 11:06 local
Place: Wichita, KS
Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N414GQ
Reported as: Cessna 414A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520NB
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,830 total65 in this make and model95 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On January 26 a Cessna 414 with one pilot and 3 passengers were on final approach to the great bend airport when the nose gear failed to extend. The pilot went through the checklist several times until finally activating the emergency landing gear blow down bottle, which also failed to extend the nose gear. The pilot elected to divert to the Wichita Mid-Continent (ict) airport and at approximately 1106 local the pilot executed an emergency landing on runway 32 at ict. There were no injuries to the pilot and passengers and the aircraft received minor damage. Landing gear malfunction.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 26 A CESSNA 414 WITH ONE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS WERE ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE GREAT BEND AIRPORT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT WENT THROUGH THE CHECKLIST SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL FINALLY ACTIVATING THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR BLOW DOWN BOTTLE, WHICH ALSO FAILED TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO THE WICHITA MID-CONTINENT (ICT) AIRPORT AND AT APPROXIMATELY 1106 LOCAL THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT ICT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION.