# Incident 20240611015789I: Cessna 414A, Augusta, GA, June 11, 2024 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 11, 2024, 12:25 local time - Place: Augusta, GA - Airport: Augusta Regional At Bush Field - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.3700° N, 81.9645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FLD (AGS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3700&lon=-81.9645&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4680N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4680N) (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: Flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240611015789I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON JUNE 11, 2024 AIRCRAFT PLANNED DIRECT FLIGHT FROM KFAY TO KAGS ALL ASPECTS OF THE TAKEOFF AND FLIGHT WERE NORMAL. PRIOR TO LANDING PILOT TOOK STANDARD APPROACH WITH CALM WINDS FORECASTED BY TOWER. WHILE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT NOTICED A SLIGHT DROP, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT. AFTER TOUCH DOWN PILOT HAD NOSE ALIGNED DOWN CENTERLINE WITH FEET ON PEDALS PREPARING TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT CENTERED ON THE RUNWAY, BUT FELT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUING TO TURN RIGHT. WITHIN SECONDS, IT TURNED APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES RIGHT. PILOT THEN PRESSED BOTH BRAKE PEDALS, ESPECIALLY THE LEFT PEDAL, ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE PLANE BEFORE IT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY. IT CONTINUED SLIDING NONETHELESS. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT REACHED THE GRASS, IT SLIDE A LITTLE FURTHER AND THEN ABRUPTLY TURNED AN ADDITIONAL 45 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO STOP WITH THE ENGINES STILL RUNNING NORMALLY. THE PILOT INFORMED TOWER OF THE SITUATION, SHUTDOWN THE PLANE, CONFIRMED PASSENGER WAS SAFE AND UNINJURED, AND EXITED THE PLANE. AFTER INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE THE PILOT NOTICED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS TURNED 90 DEGREES AND THAT THE SCISSOR LINK WAS DISCONNECTED. NO CREW OR PASSENGER INJURIES, DAMAGE TO AIRPORT EQUIPMENT, OR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REPORTED. CERTIFICATED MECHANIC INSPECTED RIGHT MAIN GEAR SCISSOR LINKAGE, UPPER TRUNNION ATTACH POINTS AND ACTUATOR ATTACH POINTS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. AT UPPER AND LOWER SCISSOR ATTACH POINT MECHANIC FOUND PIECES OF SHEARED WASHER MATERIAL WHICH WOULD INDICATE A WORN WASHER OR THAT THE WASHER SHEARED OFF FROM INTENSIVE REPETITIVE SIDE LOAD LANDINGS CAUSING THE WASHER TO SHEAR. THERE IS NO KNOW METHOD TO IDENTIFY THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE SHEARING. AIRCRAFT WAS LESS THAN A WEEK FROM ANNUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. SCISSOR LINK WAS INSPECTED AND REATTACHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CESSNA MAINTENANCE MANUAL PAGE 4-82, PARAGRAPH 11-12. AIRCRAFT REQUESTED FERRY PERMIT TO BE RELOCATED TO PERFORM ANNUAL INSPECTION. ## Other reports on N4680N (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19930819036549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930819036549I), Aug 19, 1993: Cessna 414A (N4680N), Rapid City, SD. Electrical smoke in cabin after takeoff. Prop sync system malfunctioned. Pulled c/d. continued to destination. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.