# Incident 20110517009279I: Cessna 414, Cincinnati, OH, May 17, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2011, 12:30 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1030° N, 84.4176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CINCINNATI MUNI/LUNKEN FLD (LUK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1030&lon=-84.4176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1996G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1996G-2023-01-06) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,368 total, 556 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110517009279I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT ISZ THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND DID NOT RECIEVE AN INDICATION THAT THE NOSE WHEEL LOCKED IN PLACE.  PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT TO LUK WHERE THEY HAVE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT.  PILOT RAN CHECKLISTS AND PERFORMED SOME TROUBLE SHOOTING BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO LOCK IN PLACE.  HE THEN PERFORMED A LANDING TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY HOLDING THE NOSE WHEEL OFF FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.  NOSE WHEEL DID NOT LOCK AND COLLAPSED UPON TOUCHING THE GROUND.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ON THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 21L AT LUK WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N1996G (2)

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

- [Accident 20220619010679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220619010679A), Jun 19, 2022: Cessna 414 (N1996G), Rostraver Towns, PA, Substantial damage. Following touchdown, approximately 1000 feet from the runway 26 threshold, pilot applied brakes and aircraft would not slow down. Pilot shut down both engines…
- [Incident 20060102001459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060102001459I), Jan 2, 2006: Cessna 414 (N1996G), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated that the nose gear down lock light did not illuminate. The pilot also stated that he followed the emergency procedures, and verified…

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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