# Incident 20230713010029I: Cessna 421C, Southport, NC, July 13, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2023, 16:05 local time
- Place: Southport, NC
- Airport: Cape Fear Regional Jetport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9333° N, 78.0085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Southport, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9333&lon=-78.0085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425MF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N425MF-2025-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 26 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230713010029I

## Narrative

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

UPON TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TURNED SIDEWAYS AND BEGAN OSCILLATING LEFT AND RIGHT DUE TO A LOST CASTLE NUT AND BOLT AT THE SCISSOR LINK KNUCKLE. THIS IMPARTED A LEFTWARD DRAG ONTO THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT BRAKE AND RUDDER, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO FULLY OVERCOME LEFTWARD DRAG. AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AT WHICH POINT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DUG INTO THE DIRT AND WAS BROKEN OFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OF PEOPLE ONBOARD AND ALL WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT.

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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