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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421A · Punta Gorda, FL · March 31, 2006

Date: March 31, 2006 · 10:30 local
Place: Punta Gorda, FL
Airport: Charlotte County
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N849JB
Reported as: Cessna 421A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,380 total1,884 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N849JBRegistered now · Cessna 421AS/N 421A0075 Airframe modelCessna 421A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On March 31, 2006, at 1030 EST, a Cessna 421, N849JB, operating on a personal flight, encountered a right main landing gear malfunction during taxiing at Charlotte County Airport, Punta Gorda, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the right main landing gear door. The flight originated at naples municipal airport, naples, Florida at 0945 EST.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 31, 2006, AT 1030 EST, A CESSNA 421, N849JB, OPERATING ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT, ENCOUNTERED A RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION DURING TAXIING AT CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT, PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NAPLES, FLORIDA AT 0945 EST.