# Incident 20100324029829I: Cessna 421C, Caruthersville, MO, March 24, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2010, 17:30 local time
- Place: Caruthersville, MO
- Airport: Caruthersville Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1691° N, 89.6765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARUTHERSVILLE MEML (M05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1691&lon=-89.6765&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421LF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421LF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,052 total, 24 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100324029829I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO CARUTHERSVILLE, MO (M05) RUNWAY 18, PILOT REPORTED FULL FLAPS AND THREE GREEN GEAR ANNUNCIATORS.   JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, PILOT REPORTED HYDRAULIC WARNING LIGHTS ON ANNUNCIATOR PANEL FLICKER.  PILOT SAW FLUID ON LEFT ENGINE COWLING.  RED LIGHT ON NOSE LANDING GEAR CAME ON AT THE TOUCHDOWN OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND WHEN NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  VISIBLE DAMAGE TO PROPELLERS AND NOSE FUSELAGE.  PILOT HAD NO INJURIES TO REPORT

## Other reports on N421LF (1)

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

- [Incident 19921022046169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921022046169I), Oct 22, 1992: Cessna 421C (N421LF), Lubbock, TX. Fuel pressure dropping on left engine. Engine secured. Precautionary landing. Found a loose fuel line connection.

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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