# Incident 20100204026769I: Cessna 414, Opa Locka, FL, February 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2010, 12:34 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N414AW) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 17,600 total, 208 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100204026769I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED BY COAST GUARD AUXILIARY PILOTS, FROM KVQQ-KOPF. ON VISUAL APPROACH TO KOPF RUNWAY 9L, THE PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION AND HEARD "THREE OR FOUR LOUD BANGS."  WHEN THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION CYCLE WAS COMPLETE, THE GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED A GREEN INDICATION FOR BOTH MAIN GEAR, NO NOSE GEAR INDICATION, AND THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE PIC CONDUCTED A GO-AROUND, AND THEN RETURNED FOR A LOW PASS OVER THE RUNWAY. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE PIC THEN ATTEMPTED TO COMPLETE THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FOR GEAR FAILURE. THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE WOULD NOT CRANK TOWARDS THE DOWN POSITION. AT THAT POINT, THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH AIR TRAFFIC AND AGREED THAT RUNWAY 12 WAS THE BEST OPTION FOR LANDING. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND PROPELLER TIPS.

## Other reports on N414AW (3)

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

- [Incident 20170605008079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170605008079I), Jun 5, 2017: Cessna 414 (N414AW), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. While on a personal VFR flight from ksua, a N414AW Cessna 414, s/n 414-0520 to kfpr (rwy 14). The NLG failed to fully extend and collapsed on rollout. The nose…
- [Incident 20101026051459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101026051459I), Oct 26, 2010: Cessna 414 (N414AW), Fort Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. It was related that N414AW flew for about 40 minustes on 10/26/2010. On approach, returning to kfxe, PIC selected the landing gear handle to the "landing gear…
- [Accident 19960527046999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960527046999A), May 27, 1996: Cessna 414 (N414AW), Broomfield, CO, Substantial damage. (-16) The pilot was distracted while taxiing between t-hangars.

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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