# Incident 20101213053479I: Cessna 421C, Evansville, IN, December 13, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2010, 11:22 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Evansville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0408° N, 87.5285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EVANSVILLE RGNL (EVV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0408&lon=-87.5285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711TX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711TX-2014-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,200 total, 1,670 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101213053479I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 13, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HRS. CST, N711TX DEPARTED EAGLE CREEK AIRPORT (EYE) FOR MT. CARMEL AIRPORT (AJG). UPON ENTERING THE PATTERN AT AJG AND COMPLETING THE PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT RECYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD THE BOTTLE DISCHARGE BUT THE GEAR STILL DID NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO EVANSVILLE AIRPORT (EVV). DURING A FLYBY OF THE TOWER, ATC PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE RIGHT GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. ATC CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON 36 AND WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED THROUGH THE MAIN DOOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP, FLAP, AND PROP. INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR UP-LOCK WAS FROZEN IN PLACE.

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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