# NTSB ERA26LA360: Cessna 421B, N421FA, Nashville, TN, September 25, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 25, 2026, 16:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Coordinates: 36.124475, -86.678181
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203920
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA360
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203920/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA360

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 421B, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2076014), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N421FA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421FA), registered now, S/N 421B0431, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Registry model: [Cessna 421B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (registry code 2076014) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-H](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-h) (registry code 17048, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 421B0431
- Year built: 1973
- Airframe hours: 6086.5
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: All In Aviation LLC
- Registered owner: Nicholas Holyfield
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 6, 2026, 59.3 hours before
- Destination: KGGG, Longview, TX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: KBNA, Nashville International
- Equipment: ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Observed at: KBNA, 1 nm away
- METAR: METAR KBNA 252153Z 05008KT 10SM SCT048 SCT250 26/13 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02610128

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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