# Accident 20081029850129A: Cessna 421C, Mesa, AZ, October 29, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2008, 19:59 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421PC-2010-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,700 total, 156 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081029850129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 29, 2008, AT 0295 ZULU (1959 MST), CESSNA 421C, N421PC, MADE A PARTIAL GEAR-UP LANDING AT FALCON FIELD IN MESA, ARIZONA.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM MONTGOMERY FIELD IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, AND THE PILOT SAID THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE FLIGHT TO MESA.  DURING THE APPROACH TO FALCON FIELD, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN.  A FLY-BY CONFIRMED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED.  THE PILOT PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENTION PROCEDURE, BUT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STILL DID NOT EXTEND.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND, WHEN THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SPUN TO THE LEFT AND SLID OFF OF THE RUNWAY, RIGHT WING FIRST.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID INTO THE DITCH BESIDE THE RUNWAY, AND ONE RUNWAY LIGHT WAS DAMAGED.  THERE WERE 5 PEOPLE ON BOARD AND 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 WPR09LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA029), Oct 30, 2008: Cessna 421C (N421PC), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the hydraulic landing gear extension systems due to a ruptured line.

## Other reports on N421PC (1)

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

- [Incident 19851029064639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851029064639I), Oct 29, 1985: Cessna 421C (N421PC), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. Nose landing gear collapsed during rollout. Rod end failed where actuator attaches to drag brace.

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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