# Accident 20180521005709A: Cessna 421C, Sandersville, GA, May 21, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2018, 13:10 local time
- Place: Sandersville, GA
- Airport: Kaolin Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9667° N, 82.8381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9667&lon=-82.8381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N427JM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N427JM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 22,697 total, 948 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180521005709A

## Narrative

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

ON 05/21/2018 AIRCRAFT N427JM WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO KOKZ, ENROUTE FROM KCTJ, AND AT 2 MILES OUT THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, APPROACH FLAPS AND SAW THAT HE HAD THREE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS WITH GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED . AFTER A SMOOTH TOUCH DOWN ON THE MAINS THE PILOT HELD THE NOSE OFF WITH BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE. AS THE SPEED BLED OFF, THE NOSE CAME DOWN AND THE PILOT NEVER FELT RESISTANCE FROM THE NOSE WHEEL AS THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT GENTLY CONTACTED THE ASPHALT SURFACE. THE PILOT MAINTAINED CENTER LINE AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 1400 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO REST AT TAXIWAY. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER BUT AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA18LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA154), May 21, 2018: Cessna 421 (N427JM), Sandersville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A nose landing gear collapse for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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