# Incident 20110912021419I: Cessna 421B, Ames, IA, September 12, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2011, 18:30 local time
- Place: Ames, IA
- Airport: Ames Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9920° N, 93.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AMES MUNI (AMW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9920&lon=-93.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41114, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-H (registry code 17048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-H
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 875 total, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110912021419I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT, BEFORE LANDING, HE VERIFIED THAT THERE WERE THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN, HE HEARD A "CHUK CHUNK" NOISE, AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE.  HE STATED THAT HE REALIZED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.  HE STATED THAT HE FELT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF FIRE, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF FUEL ONBOARD, AND ANY SPARKS WHICH COULD BE CREATED BY THE AIRCRAFT SLIDING DOWN THE PAVED RUNWAY SURFACE, SO HE DECIDED TO ATTEMPT TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19.   THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED DOWN THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AFTER TOUCHDOWN BEFORE DEPARTING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 700 TO 1000 FEET, WHILE SPINNING TO THE LEFT APPROXIMATELY 160 DEGREES FROM THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND FOLDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N41114 (2)

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

- [Accident 19790215008889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790215008889A), Feb 15, 1979: Cessna 421B (N41114), Fort Wayne, IN, Substantial damage. Airplane landed off side of runway in deep snow. Windshield ice covered. Deice tank empty.
- [Accident 19770828031709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770828031709A), Aug 28, 1977: Cessna 421B (N41114), Sheridan, IN, Substantial damage

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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