# Incident 20050812020329I: Cessna 401, Lancaster, TX, August 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2005, 17:25 local time
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5921° N, 96.7561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5921&lon=-96.7561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3260Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3260Q-2011-08-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401 (registry code 207590C, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 1,010 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050812020329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 12, 2005, AT 1725 CST, A CESSNA, CE-401 AIRCRAFT, OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED GEAR UP DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT AT LANCASTER AIRPORT, LANCASTER, TEXAS. VISUAL FLIGHT RULES CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT IS THE HOLDER OF AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LANCASTER AIRPORT ON AUGUST 12, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 CST.

## Other reports on N3260Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19961207041889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961207041889I), Dec 7, 1996: Cessna 401 (N3260Q), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Struck a chock while taxiing to park. Bent shimmy dampner.

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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