# Incident 20160624010599I: Cessna 421C, Hot Springs, AR, June 24, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2016, 12:10 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345MS-2020-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160624010599I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 24, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CDT, A CESSNA 421C, N345MS, REGISTERED TO NETSOFT, INC., HAD A "LOW HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT" ILLUMINATE DURING CLIMBOUT.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULICALLY TO NO AVAIL.  THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR BY MEANS OF THE BLOW DOWN EMERGENCY SYSTEM WHICH ALSO FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE PILOT THEN LANDED AT THE MEMORIAL FIELD AIRPORT, HOT SPRINGS, AR WITH THE TWO MAIN GEARS DOWN AND LOCKED, AND THE NOSE GEAR UNLOCKED.  DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON IT'S NOSE ON RUNWAY 23 TO A STOP.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HOT MEMORIAL FIELD AIRPORT, HOT SPRINGS, AR ON JUNE 24, 2016, AT 1045 CDT.

## Other reports on N345MS (1)

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

- [Incident 19970128006989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970128006989I), Jan 28, 1997: Cessna 421C (N345MS), Aspen, CO, Minor damage. Narrative: on takeoff the pilot stated that the right engine started to lose power (manifold pressure). Pilot aborted takeoff and ran into a snow bank at the…

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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