# Accident 20170407003519A: Cessna 414, Atlanta, GA, April 7, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2017, 12:47 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Fulton County Airport-Brown Fi
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7767° N, 84.5250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7767&lon=-84.5250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,750 total, 1,385 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170407003519A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A GEAR-UP CONDITION. ON SCENE AT ARRIVAL IT WAS NOTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS DISENGAGED. TWO EYE WITNESS REPORTED SEEING THE AIRCRAFT APPROACH THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. ONE WITNESS STATED THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. PHYSICAL DAMAGE SUGGEST THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE MAIN GEAR RETRACTED, NOT IN TRANSIT AS IF THE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA17LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA151), Apr 7, 2017: Cessna 414 (N56H), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's diverted attention during the landing approach, which resulted in his failure to configure the landing gear and a subsequent a gear-up landing.

## Other reports on N56H (1)

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

- [Incident 20070428011409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070428011409I), Apr 28, 2007: Cessna 414 (N56H), Philadelphia, MS, Minor damage. (-23) On Saturday, April 28, 2007, N56H, CE-414, aircraft was landing at Philadelphia, MS, (mpe) around 1145 local time. [privacy data omitted] An employee at…

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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