# Incident 20101026051459I: Cessna 414, Fort Lauderdale, FL, October 26, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&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, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,310 total, 610 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101026051459I

## Narrative

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

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 DOWN" POSITION.  PIC NOTICE THAT ONLY THE TWO MAIN GEARS POSITION INDICATORS SHOW "GREEN" AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  PIC NOTIFIED THE TOWER AND ABORTED LANDING.PIC FOLLOWED HIS CHECKLIST AND ATTEMPTED TO ETEND THE GEAR MANUALLY UNSUCCESSFULLY.  PIC REQUESTED THE TOWER TO VERIFY THE POSITION OF HE NOSE LANDING GEAR--TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HUNG AT ABOUT A 45-DEGREE ANGLE.PIC WAS CLEARED TO LANDED N414AW ON RUNWAY 13.  AIRCRAFTLANDED ON THE TWO MAIN GEARS AND THE NOSE SKI.AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SKIN AND DOUBLE PROPELLER STRIKE.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## 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 20100204026769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100204026769I), Feb 4, 2010: Cessna 414 (N414AW), Opa Locka, FL, Minor damage. 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…
- [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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