# Incident 20050923026549I: Cessna 414A, Cloverdale, CA, September 23, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2005, 18:30 local time
- Place: Cloverdale, CA
- Airport: Cloverdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7763° N, 122.9926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLOVERDALE MUNI (O60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7763&lon=-122.9926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414GP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N414GP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050923026549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SECONDS AFTER RAISING THE NOSE WHEEL ON TAKE OFF (AT 93K), THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SEEM TO BE CLIMBING AND HE PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING, UNAWARE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN "TRANSIT" TO UP POSITION. AFTER LANDING, THE GEAR SELECTOR VALVE WAS FOUND IN THE "UP" POSITION.

## Other reports on N414GP (2)

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

- [Incident 20250228012519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250228012519I), Feb 28, 2025: Cessna 414A (N414GP), Sulphur, LA, Minor damage. Upon landing rollout at 1000FT nose gear collapsed
- [Incident 20061004027359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061004027359I), Oct 4, 2006: Cessna 414A (N414GP), Napa, CA, Minor damage. (-23) After a night flight conducted under the rules of 14 CFR part 91, the pilot [privacy data omitted] struck a taxi light at Napa County Airport (apc) with…

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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