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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421A · Houston, TX · August 9, 2009

Date: August 9, 2009 · 16:30 local
Place: Houston, TX
Airport: West Houston
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3200Q
Reported as: Cessna 421A
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 850 total150 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N3200QRegistration cancelled Apr 7, 2017 · Cessna 421AS/N 421A0100 · Built 1969 Airframe modelCessna 421A Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-CReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While landing on runway 33 at West Houston Airport (iws) a Cessna 421A hit hard on the right main landing gear. The impact caused the right hand main gear strut bolts to sheer. The right hand engine propeller to make contact with the runway. The aircraft veered to the right, and left the runway surface; the aircraft traveled across a taxi way and into a drainage ditch. The right hand main gear collapsed and the nose gear was twisted to the left before coming to a stop in the ditch.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT WEST HOUSTON AIRPORT (IWS) A CESSNA 421A HIT HARD ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE RIGHT HAND MAIN GEAR STRUT BOLTS TO SHEER. THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE PROPELLER TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, AND LEFT THE RUNWAY SURFACE; THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ACROSS A TAXI WAY AND INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH. THE RIGHT HAND MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS TWISTED TO THE LEFT BEFORE COMING TO A STOP IN THE DITCH.