# Incident 20080328014519I: Cessna 421A, Lonoke, AR, March 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2008, 11:30 local time
- Place: Lonoke, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7905° N, 91.9074° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lonoke, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7905&lon=-91.9074&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421BF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421BF-2009-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421A (registry code 2076012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080328014519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED ON FRIDAY MARCH 28, 2008 AT ABOUT 11:30 AM DURING A MAINTENANCE FLIGHT OF CESSNA N421BF, A CESSNA 421, OPERATED OUT OF LONOKE, AR, HE EXPERIENCED A GEAR UP LANDING IN THE GRASSY RUNWAY OF LONOKE COUNTRY AIR ESTATES AIRPARK. HIS STATEMENT INDICATED HE HAD MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THAT DAY BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO REPAIR OIL LEAKS ON BOTH ENGINES. AFTER THE RUN-UP AND LEAK CHECK ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REQUESTED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT AROUND THE FIELD TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE IF THE OIL LEAKS HAD COMPLETELY BEEN REPAIRED. DURING LANDING ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL, AND HE STATED HE HEARD THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR NOISE ASSSOCIATED WITH THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS. HE ALSO STATED VERBALLY DURING HIS INITIAL REPORT TO THE FSDO THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE IF HE HAD A GREEN INDICATION OF LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHTS OR NOT. AIRCRAFT HAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. BOTH PROPS ARE BENT AND ENGINES WILL NEED MAINTENANCE. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED OFF THE GRASS RUNWAY BEFORE THE INSPECTOR WAS ON SITE. AT THIS TIME JACKS FOR THE AIRCRAFT ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A GEAR PROBLEM OR IF THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INADVERTENTLY DID NOT LOWER THE GEAR ON LANDING. WHEN JACKS ARE AVAILABLE AN INSPECTION AND DETERMINATION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED.

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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