# Incident 20090224001599I: Cessna 421B, El Paso, TX, February 24, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2009, 15:35 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: V8SA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421LP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421LP-2010-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090224001599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 24, 2009 A CESSNA 421B, N421LP REGISTERED TO AGUILA DORADA LLC AND OPERATED BY VOLARE AIR CHARTER CO. LANDED GEAR UP AT EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EL PASO, TEXAS WHILE ON A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EL PASO, TEXAS ON FEBRUARY 24, 2009 AT 1130 MST.

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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