# Accident 20080424833179A: Cessna 421C, Sterling, CO, April 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2008, 17:10 local time
- Place: Sterling, CO
- Airport: Sterling Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: V7KA
- Location: 40.6092° N, 103.2589° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6092&lon=-103.2589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N513FS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N513FS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total, 400 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080424833179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 25, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1710 HOURS, CESSNA 421C, N513FS, PREPARED FOR LANDING AT STERLING, COLORADO. THE PILOT REPORTED ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 33, WITH 20 KNOTS WINDS AT 335 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NORMAL. ON ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY A STRONG GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT AND WINDVANED INTO IT. APPLYING FULL RUDDER AND BRAKES HAD NO EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN A LEFT ENGINE PROP STRIKE AND SKIN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND FORWARD FUSELAGE. RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE DRY. THE ONLY WEATHER FACTOR IS THE GUSTY WINDS AND RAIN CLOUDS COMING FROM THE NORTH. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW08LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA115), Apr 24, 2008: Cessna 421C (N513FS), Sterling, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure and separation of the upper and lower right main gear torque links links, which resulted in a loss of directional control on landing roll-out.

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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