# Incident 20041029034379I: Cessna 421B, Tifton, GA, October 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2004, 09:00 local time
- Place: Tifton, GA
- Airport: Henry Tift Myers Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4296° N, 83.4892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENRY TIFT MYERS (TMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4296&lon=-83.4892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5431J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5431J-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,791 total, 1,136 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041029034379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING AT TIFTON, GA THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD POP. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE LEFT PROP AND THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FOR THE RUNWAY FOR REPAIR. EVIDENCE OF WAVY TIRE MARKS ON THE RUNWAY SHOW THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE WAS LOOSE ON LANDING AND CAUSED THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N5431J (3)

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

- [Incident 20010523013989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010523013989I), May 23, 2001: Cessna 421B (N5431J), Teterboro, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed on runway 06, Teterboro in light rain, with standing water on the surface. Pilot applied brakes to decelerate and aircraft began veering…
- [Incident 19900411062149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900411062149I), Apr 11, 1990: Cessna 421B (N5431J), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed while taxiing to ramp. Found drag link bolt had failed.
- [Incident 19840202011049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840202011049I), Feb 2, 1984: Cessna 421B (N5431J), Eagle, CO, Minor damage. Reached down for a chart then ran off end of runway onto snow and ice while taxiing for takeoff.

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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