# Incident 20060331005889I: Cessna 421A, Punta Gorda, FL, March 31, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2006, 10:30 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Charlotte County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N849JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N849JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421A (registry code 2076012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,380 total, 1,884 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060331005889I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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