# Incident 20070422016089I: Cessna 414, Laredo, TX, April 22, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2007, 14:40 local time
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Airport: Laredo International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5442° N, 99.4616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAREDO INTL (LRD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5442&lon=-99.4616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N414RJ-2024-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070422016089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED AT LAREDO INTERNATIONAL AIROPRT (LRD) WITH LANDING GEAR UNSAFE CONDITION KNOWN. NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. NO INJURIES OCCURRED. AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE RUNWAY AND PREPARED FOR FERRY FLIGHT TO WACO TEXAS FOR PERMANENT REPAIRS. THIS AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM IN 2005. AT THAT TIME IT WAS BELIEVED THAT A WORN ACTUATOR CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT THIS TIME BY AIR IMPRESSION IN WACO REVEALED NUMEROUS DAMAGED PARTS AND STRUCTURE IN THE NOSE GEAR AREA AND SYSTEM. UNABLE TO POSITIVELY VERIFY A FAILURE THAT CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO MALFUNCTION. FAA WILL WITNESS FINAL RIGGING AND FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WHEN AIRCRAFT REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED.

## Other reports on N414RJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050805033709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050805033709I), Aug 5, 2005: Cessna 414 (N414RJ), Laredo, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft was landing at Laredo International Airport. Pilot did not get down and locked (green light) indication for the nose landing gear. Observation…

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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