# Incident 20140131000389I: Cessna 421B, Centennial, CO, January 31, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2014, 05:00 local time
- Place: Centennial, CO
- Airport: Centenial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QTVA
- Location: 39.5906° N, 104.8635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Centennial, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5906&lon=-104.8635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N915DW-2015-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 250 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140131000389I

## Narrative

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

DENVER -CENTENNIAL AIRPORT , CO

WESTERN AIR EXPRESS FLIGHT WAE23 DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 35R. DURING DEPARTURE ROLL AIRCRAFT NLG COLLAPSED. PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

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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