# Incident 20180116000879I: Cessna 414A, Fishers, IN, January 16, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2018, 23:07 local time
- Place: Fishers, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9352° N, 86.0450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport (UMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9352&lon=-86.0450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N414WT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,521 total, 432 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180116000879I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 16, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 2307 EST, A CESSNA 414A AIRCRAFT, N414WT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHILE LANDING WITHOUT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED AT INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (UMP) LOCATED IN FISHERS, INDIANA.

THE ATP PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE PASSENGER IS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED OVER THE AIRPORT. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

THE PILOT STATED HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33. ONLY THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ILLUMINATED. AFTER CYCLING THE GEAR 3 TIMES, ONLY THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT VERIFIED RIGHT MAIN GEAR INDICATION WAS OPERABLE BY LOWERING FULL FLAPS AND CONFIRMED SOUNDING OF GEAR WARNING HORN. THE PILOT NOTIFIED ATC OF THE SITUATION AND WILL CIRCLE UMP IN VFR CONDITIONS TO WORK ON THE PROBLEM. THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED A FULL PEDAL YAW IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE SLIP STREAM TO ASSIST THE RIGHT GEAR TO LOCK BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. CYCLING THE LANDING GEAR 2 MORE TIMES DID NOT CHANGE THE INDICATION, BUT THE HYDRO FLUID ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED INDICATING LOW PRESSURE OR QUANTITY.   THE PILOT ACTIVATED AIR/NITOGEN EMERGENCY ASSIST LANDING GEAR DEPLOY SYSTEM. THE RIGHT MAIN DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT REDUCED AIRSPEED AND MAINTAINED PRESSURE ON LEFT GEAR UNTIL RIGHT WING COULD NO LONGER SUSTAIN LIFT. THE AIRCRAFT SETTTLED ONTO THE PARTIALLY DEPLOYED RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE GEAR DID FOLD AND THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.THE AIRCRAFT STAYED ON THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDED TO A COMPLETE STOP.

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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