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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Atchison, KS · March 20, 2024

Date
March 20, 2024 · 09:00 local
Place
Atchison, KS
Airport
Amelia Earhart Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7135G
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSI0-520-F-K
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft took off from kfsk (ft. scott) and flew to K59 (Atchison, KS). Upon landing wind caused the aircrafts right wing to shift downward causing the right main gear to strike the runway excessively, and in doing so caused the r/h main gear to shear off. When the gear sheared it caused damage to the r/h flap and r/h propeller.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM KFSK (FT. SCOTT) AND FLEW TO K59 (ATCHISON, KS). UPON LANDING WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT WING TO SHIFT DOWNWARD CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY EXCESSIVELY, AND IN DOING SO CAUSED THE R/H MAIN GEAR TO SHEAR OFF. WHEN THE GEAR SHEARED IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE R/H FLAP AND R/H PROPELLER.