# Incident 20081210854109I: Cessna 414, Springfield, IL, December 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2008, 18:15 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Abraham Lincoln Capital
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8446° N, 89.6776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL (SPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8446&lon=-89.6776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52CS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52CS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081210854109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LOWERED THE GEAR IN ANTICIPATION OF LANDING AT SPI.  AFTER THE GEAR EXTENSION SEQUENCE, THE PILOT OBSERVED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID NOT INDICATE "DOWN AND LOCKED".  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND TROUBLESHOT THE SYSTEM BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO INDICATE PROPERLY.  WHILE BURNING OFF FUEL, THE PILOT PERFORMED A FLYBY ALLOWING PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND TO VISUALLY VERIFY THE GEAR WAS DOWN.  THE PILOT LANDED AT SPI WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N52CS (1)

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

- [Incident 20050204004389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050204004389I), Feb 4, 2005: Cessna 414 (N52CS), Tecumseh, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft stolen from arb (ann arbor) airport at 0300 local. Radar image shows aircraft departing arb and landing at 3TE approximately 0315 local.…

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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