# Incident 20120806017629I: Cessna 421C, El Paso, TX, August 6, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2012, 14:25 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87532, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87532-2016-06-21) (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-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120806017629I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 06, 2012 AT 1425 MST, A CESSNA 421C, N87532, REGISTERED TO DECEMBER 5TH HOLDING LLC, HAD THE NOSE GEAR COLAPSE DURING LANDING AT EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EL PASO, TEXAS, WHILE ON A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EL PASO, TEXAS, ON AUGUST 06, 2012 AT1300 MST.

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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