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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Morehead, KY · March 22, 2026

Date
March 22, 2026 · 17:52 local
Place
Morehead, KY
Airport
Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N104WM
Reported as
Cessna 421B
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
296 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.

On 03/22/2026, the aircraft was returning to home airport after a trip to Florida. The aircraft made a fuel stop in Georgia and all was normal. Upon landing at the home airport, on landing rollout, the right landing gear slowly collapsed. The pilot stated he heard a loud "pop" and that the right side of the aircraft began to lower. He initially thought he had a flat tire. The pilot tried to hold the runway center line but the aircraft went to the right and came to a stop in the grass off to the right side of the runway. There were no injuries. The aircraft struck two lights in the grass to the right of the runway and made impressions in the grass due to the right side of the aircraft scraping against the ground. There was no post crash fire.

As the FAA filed it

ON 03/22/2026, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO HOME AIRPORT AFTER A TRIP TO FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A FUEL STOP IN GEORGIA AND ALL WAS NORMAL. UPON LANDING AT THE HOME AIRPORT, ON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR SLOWLY COLLAPSED. THE PILOT STATED HE HEARD A LOUD "POP" AND THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOWER. HE INITIALLY THOUGHT HE HAD A FLAT TIRE. THE PILOT TRIED TO HOLD THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE BUT THE AIRCRAFT WENT TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TWO LIGHTS IN THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND MADE IMPRESSIONS IN THE GRASS DUE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT SCRAPING AGAINST THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.