# Incident 20040202003699I: Cessna 401A, Oxnard, CA, February 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Oxnard, CA
- Airport: Oxnard Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2008° N, 119.2072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OXNARD (OXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2008&lon=-119.2072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777CH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 850 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040202003699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02-02-04, DR. DENNIS LANE TANK CERTIFICATE NUMBER 2109160, WAS PILOTING AIRCRAFT N777CH, CESSNA 401-A, S/N 401A0085, FROM HEMET, CA TO OXNARD, CA. THE PILOT ALONG WITH HIS WIFE, ^PRIVACY DATA ^ AND TWO SMALL DOGS DEPARTED HEMET (HMT) AT APPROXIMATELY 1230. THE FLIGHT WAS NORMAL. ON APPROACH TO OXNARD HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR LIGHT WAS NOT GREEN. THE PILOT TESTED THE BULB AND FOUND IT OPERATIONAL. HE REQUESTED THE TOWER TO VERIFY ALL THREE WHEELS DOWN, AND THEY STATED THAT ONE OF THE LANDING GEARS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DOWN. HE TRIED TO LAND. AT THE MOMENT OF CONTACT THE RIGHT WHEEL HE FELT IT GAVE AWAY AND HE EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH AND INFORMED THE TOWER OF THE SITUATION. HE CYCLED THE GEAR BOTH NORMAL AND MANUALLY FIVE OR SIX TIMES, ALSO, MADE ABRUPT MOVEMENTS TO ATTEMPT TO LOCK THE GEAR IN PLACE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND. A PER TOWER ADVICE. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 7. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE AT THE SCENE. THE PILOT, HIS WIFE AND TWO SMALL DOGS WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. NOBODY WAS INJURED. THERE WAS NO FATALITIES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY.

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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