# Accident 20050404007439A: Cessna 421B, Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, April 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2005, 12:00 local time
- Place: Lake Havasu Cit, AZ
- Airport: Lake Havasu City Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EKIA
- Location: 34.5711° N, 114.3581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5711&lon=-114.3581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N637SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N637SC-2013-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050404007439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 04, 2005, AROUND 1200 MST, CESSNA 421B, N637SC, OPERATED BY SUN WESTERN FLYERS, DBA SUN CARE AIR AMBULANCE, LANDED AT THE LAKE HAVASU AIRPORT, IN ARIZONA. AFTER LANDING AND STARTING TO DEPART THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE ATP PILOT REPORTED HE WAS HAVING GEAR PROBLEMS AFTER DEPARTING THE AIRPORT AND VERIFIED AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATTION. HE STATED HE CYCLED THE GEAR THREE TIMES BEFORE A SAFE GEAR INDICATION WAS VERIFIED. THE PILOT AND A MEDIC WERE NOT INJURED, THE PILOT REPORTED THE NURSE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY TO HER ARM. THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 135. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 LAX05LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA130), Apr 4, 2005: Cessna 421B (N637SC), Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the fracture of the landing gear shaft roll pin that resulted in a main gear collapse during the taxi.

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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