# Incident 20070828019109I: Cessna 401A, Titusville, FL, August 28, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2007, 16:38 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Coast Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5148° N, 80.7992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPACE COAST RGNL (TIX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5148&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6238Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6238Q-2013-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401A (registry code 207590D, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-E (registry code 17255, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070828019109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N6238Q REPORTED GEAR DOWN WITH NO LIGHTS, TWR ADVISED GEAR NOT DOWN. A/C WENT TO HOLDING PATTERN TO PERFORM EMERGENCY EXTENSION AND GOT 3 GREEN, DID LOW APPROACH AND TWR ADVISED GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. ON LANDING RWY 9 RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED BOLT IN LANDING GEAR SHEARED, WHICH CAUSED THE BELLCRANK IDLER ARM TO BREAK AND PREVENT RIGHT GEAR FROM LOCKING.

## Other reports on N6238Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19780918032969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780918032969A), Sep 18, 1978: Cessna 401 (N6238Q), Garden City, KS, Substantial damage. L-hand bellcrank assembly,p/n 5041001-1,broken.

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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