# Incident 20080323014269I: Cessna 421C, Marathon, FL, March 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2008, 14:15 local time
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Airport: The Florida Keys Marathon
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.7263° N, 81.0514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THE FLORIDA KEYS MARATHON INTL (MTH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7263&lon=-81.0514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N878HC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N878HC-2020-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 700 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/20080323014269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON TAKE-OFF ROLL. LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLER STRIKE AT 75% POWER SETTING.

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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