# Incident 20061024023579I: Cessna 421C, Orlando, FL, October 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2006, 12:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N502SA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 35 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061024023579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 24 OCTOBER, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 123:00 HOURS LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED, HOLDER OF PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA ^, WAS FLYING CALIN CORPORATION'S CESSNA 421-C, N502SA, ON A VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA TO THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ORL), ORLANDO, FLORIDA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ EXECUTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 7 AT ORL WHEN HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO THE LEFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE LOSS OF CONTROL WAS DUE TO MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE TORQUE LINK ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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