# Incident 20080223010529I: Cessna 414, New Bern, NC, February 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: New Bern, NC
- Airport: Craven County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0927° N, 77.0718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bern, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0927&lon=-77.0718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1660T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,125 total, 1,000 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/20080223010529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PRACTICING APPROACHES IN LOCAL AREA OF EWN AIRPORT, PILOT NOTED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR WARNING LIGHT. PILOT RECEIVED VISUAL CONFIRMATION THAT NOSE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED. PILOT TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO MANUALLY EXTEND AND RAISE GEAR TO NO AVAIL. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ELECTED TO LAND AT EWN WHERE, UPON THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING ON LANDING, NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE 3 PERSONS ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO NOSE AREA AND BOTH PROPELLERS.

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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