- Date
- December 20, 1982, 16:27 local (22:27 UTC)
- Place
- Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78TVCessna 421C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821220064729A
- Case key
- 71447
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Nose gear collapsed
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Analysis
Nose gear collapsed during landing. No reason for collapse found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78TV
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421CO617
- Airframe hours
- 1,156
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Leake Aviation Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Leake Aviation Service, Inc.
- Departed
- C · Muskogee, OK
- Destination
- C · Little Rock, AR
- Airport
- LIT · Adams Field, runway 36, 5,124 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 9,584 total · 24 in this make and model · 8,540 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.