# Incident 20250125002479I: Cessna 414, New London, NC, January 25, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2025, 17:30 local time
- Place: New London, NC
- Airport: Stanly County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4167° N, 80.1508° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STANLY COUNTY (VUJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4167&lon=-80.1508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N693TP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N693TP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250125002479I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 25, 2025, A CESSNA 414 LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 22L AT STANLY COUNTY AIRPORT (KVUJ). THIS WAS THE THIRD FLIGHT OF THE DAY. WEATHER AT KVUJ WAS VFR WITH WINDS 200/07. WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE LOWER FLOORBOARD NEAR HIS FEET. THE LANDING GEAR INDICATORS FOR THE MAINS ILLUMINATED GREEN AND THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND AFTER PERFORMING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR UP.

AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION ADJUSTING BELL CRANK WAS BROKEN, THE BOLT CONNECTING THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR TO THE CONTROL ROD WAS FOUND MISSING, AND THE CONTROL ROD WAS HANGING LOOSE IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL.

THESE FINDINGS MAY HAVE CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO JAM IN THE WHEEL WELL PREVENTING IT FROM EXTENDING.

SAS TASK# T-EA-68-FY25-0816

## Other reports on N693TP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19891222061989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891222061989I), Dec 22, 1989: Cessna 414 (N693TP), Cedar Rapids, IA. Left engine losing oil and pressure. Emergency landing. Aircraft towed to ramp.

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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