20060127004729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Panama City, FL · January 27, 2006

Date
January 27, 2006 · 09:15 local
Place
Panama City, FL
Airport
Panama City-Bay County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5443J
Reported as
Cessna 421B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
850 total129 in this make and model129 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On January 7, 2006, at 09:15, CST. A Cessna-421B was involved in an incident. The Cessna's nose landing gear collapsed on landing. The pilot stated that he performed a normal landing on runway 14, using full flaps. The main gear touched the runway first; the nose gear settled onto the runway and approximately 2-second and 500 feet down the runway, the nose gear collapsed. The pilot and 3 passengers received no injuries, and the airplane incurred minor damage. Inspection of the airplane revealed the following discrepancies: the fwd bulkhead, at station 3100, incurred minor damage, lower fuselage's skin damage, fwd bulkhead incurred minor damage at station 88.0, landing gear retraction tube assembly damage. Left-hand nose door assembly damage, right-hand nose door assembly damage, and the fuselage nose structure received minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 7, 2006, AT 09:15, CST. A CESSNA-421B WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT. THE CESSNA'S NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 14, USING FULL FLAPS. THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED THE RUNWAY FIRST; THE NOSE GEAR SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 2-SECOND AND 500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES, AND THE AIRPLANE INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THE FOLLOWING DISCREPANCIES: THE FWD BULKHEAD, AT STATION 3100, INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE, LOWER FUSELAGE'S SKIN DAMAGE, FWD BULKHEAD INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE AT STATION 88.0, LANDING GEAR RETRACTION TUBE ASSEMBLY DAMAGE. LEFT-HAND NOSE DOOR ASSEMBLY DAMAGE, RIGHT-HAND NOSE DOOR ASSEMBLY DAMAGE, AND THE FUSELAGE NOSE STRUCTURE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.