# Incident 20160704010639I: Cessna 421C, Portsmouth, OH, July 4, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2016, 12:50 local time
- Place: Portsmouth, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7534° N, 82.9495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portsmouth, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7534&lon=-82.9495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N369RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160704010639I

## Narrative

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

THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT OF N369RM WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM GATLINBURG-PIGEON FORGE AIRPORT (GKT) TO PORTSMOUTH REGIONAL AIRPORT (PMH). THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND WAS CARRYING FIVE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ABOARD HIS CESSNA 421.  WHEN THE PIC NEARED PMH HE CANCELLED HIS IFR PLAN. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND HE HAD THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT.  HE MADE HIS STANDARD TRAFFIC CALLS AND INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE IN THE PATTERN AT THE TIME. THE PIC ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36. HE CONDUCTED HIS NORMAL CHECKS PRIOR TO LANDING AND VERIFIED THAT HE HAD ALL THREE GREEN GEAR LIGHT INDICATIONS. ONCE HE TOUCHED DOWN THE PIC INDICATED THAT HE MAINTAINED BACK PRESSURE TO EASE THE NOSE WHEEL DOWN. THIS WAS HIS NORMAL LANDING TECHNIQUE.  HE SAID THAT ONCE THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED THE GROUND HE HAD WEIGHT ON WHEELS FOR THREE TO FOUR SECONDS BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED HE SMELLED SMOKE AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A FIRE.  HE TOLD THE PASSENGERS TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. NO ONE WAS INJURED AFTER LANDING OR THE EVACUATION.  ONCE CLEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE PIC CONTACTED HUNTINGTON APPROACH TO CLOSE THE RUNWAY. HE THEN CONTACTED THE AIRPORT MANAGER.

REVIEWED BY DWS 7/15/16.

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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