# Incident 20050424007389I: Cessna 401A, Sacramento, CA, April 24, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2005, 20:45 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6244Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050424007389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N6244Q WAS TAXIING TO THE RUNWAY WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FORK FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE TAXIWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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