# Accident 20090703010499A: Cessna 441, Albuquerque, NM, July 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2009, 05:40 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Sunport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VE7A
- Location: 35.0403° N, 106.6092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0403&lon=-106.6092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N988AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N988AE-2018-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,550 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA415](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA415) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090703010499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 3, 2009 AT 0540 MDT,N988AE, A CESSNA 441, MADE A GEAR UP LANDING AT ALBURQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT 9ABQ).  THE AIR AMBULANCE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED DOUBLE EAGEL II AIRPORT (AEG) IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 0320 MDT.  AFTER ABORTING THE MISSION TO SOCORRO, NM (ONM) DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO AEG.  WHEN THE PILOT TRIED TO CONFIGURE THE AIRPLANE FOR LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH IN THE DOWN POSITION.  AFTER CONFERRING WITH COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE WAS EXECUTED AND THE LANDING GEAR STILL DID NOT EXTEND.  WHEN MANEUVERING THE AIRPLANE FAILED TO GET THE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT THE FLIGHT TO ABQ AND AN INTENTIONAL GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR TO THE TWO MEDICAL FIGHT CREW ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN09LA415](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA415), Jul 3, 2009: Cessna 441 (N988AE), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: A malfunction of the landing gear selector switch and a loose fitting on the emergency extension system which rendered the landing gear system inoperable.

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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