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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Stockton, CA · September 12, 2014

Date: September 12, 2014 · 21:22 local
Place: Stockton, CA
Airport: Stockton Metropolitan Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N150WS
Reported as: Cessna 421B
Reported engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C
People aboard: 8
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,775 total61 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

N150WSRegistration cancelled Jul 6, 2020 · Cessna 421BS/N 421B0591 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna 421B Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-CReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was landing at Stockton, CA. Aircraft had no right gear extension safe green light indication. Pilot performed a couple gear swings in flight, control tower fly-by for visual status of right gear and then decided to perform a all gear up landing. Aircraft touched down softly and skidded to a stop on runway.

Aircraft suffered substantial damage to belly skins, lower structure, gear doors and tail lower skin panels. Both propellers were destroyed with sudden stoppage of both engines. Aircraft possibly destroyed and was totaled by insurance.

Pilot and all seven passengers (6 adults and 1 baby) walked away with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT STOCKTON, CA. AIRCRAFT HAD NO RIGHT GEAR EXTENSION SAFE GREEN LIGHT INDICATION. PILOT PERFORMED A COUPLE GEAR SWINGS IN FLIGHT, CONTROL TOWER FLY-BY FOR VISUAL STATUS OF RIGHT GEAR AND THEN DECIDED TO PERFORM A ALL GEAR UP LANDING. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SOFTLY AND SKIDDED TO A STOP ON RUNWAY.

AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BELLY SKINS, LOWER STRUCTURE, GEAR DOORS AND TAIL LOWER SKIN PANELS. BOTH PROPELLERS WERE DESTROYED WITH SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF BOTH ENGINES. AIRCRAFT POSSIBLY DESTROYED AND WAS TOTALED BY INSURANCE.

PILOT AND ALL SEVEN PASSENGERS (6 ADULTS AND 1 BABY) WALKED AWAY WITH NO INJURIES.