# Accident 20080602838159A: Cessna 421C, Greenville, NC, June 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2008, 19:51 local time
- Place: Greenville, NC
- Airport: Pitt-Greenville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6436° N, 77.3831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6436&lon=-77.3831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49DD-2009-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080602838159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 2, 2008, AT 1551 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 421C, N49DD, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN ITS LANDING GEAR RETRACTED DURING TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 2 AT THE PITT-GREENVILLE AIRPORT (PGV), GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. PILOT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FT. INTO THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, AT A SPEED OF 10 KNOTS LESS THAN ROTATE, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG THAT HE THOUGHT WAS A NOSE TIRE EXPLODING. PILOT THEN FELT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND THEN FELT THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSE.

## 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 NYC08LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA204), Jun 2, 2008: Cessna 421C (N49DD), Greenville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction and premature retraction of the landing gear for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N49DD (1)

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

- [Accident 19860508016389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860508016389A), May 8, 1986: Cessna 411A (N49DD), Bossier City, LA, Destroyed, 5 fatal. Black smoke from engine on takeoff. Pitched nose up became inverted struck ground. Four pistons melted. Over gross.

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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