# Incident 20060127004729I: Cessna 421B, Panama City, FL, January 27, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2006, 09:15 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Panama City-Bay County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2121° N, 85.6828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Panama City-Bay Co International Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2121&lon=-85.6828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5443J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5443J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 129 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060127004729I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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