# Incident 20170824017999I: Cessna 421B, Amarillo, TX, August 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2017, 21:00 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Tradewind Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1699° N, 101.8259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRADEWIND (TDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1699&lon=-101.8259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8017Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8017Q-2022-07-30) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 959 total, 229 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170824017999I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 24, 2017, AT 2100 HRS, A CESSNA 421 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N-8017Q, REGISTERED TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, LANDED LONG ON APPROACH AND SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY RESULTING IN SHEARED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN AT TRADEWINDS AIRPORT, AMARILLO, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM AMARILLO, TEXAS ON AUGUST 24, 2017 AT 1500 HRS.

## Other reports on N8017Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20060515011709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060515011709I), May 15, 2006: Cessna 421B (N8017Q), Omaha, NE. (-23) N8017Q, CE-421-B, was enroute from kokomo, IN, to lincoln, NE. At cruise altitude the pilot noticed a low oil pressure indication and an alternator…

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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