Cessna 421, N1FY, 25 January 2010

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published
10 December 2014
Category:
Commercial - fixed wing
Report type:
Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
Date of occurrence:
25 January 2010
Aircraft type:
Cessna 421
Location:
Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire
Registration:
N1FY

Cessna 421, N1FY

Summary:

Following an uneventful approach into Kemble Airfield, the aircraft’s nose gear collapsed on touchdown despite all three green ‘down-and-locked’ lights being illuminated in the cockpit. The aircraft suffered damage to the underside of the nose and to both propellers, but both occupants were uninjured and they exited the aircraft normally. Subsequent engineering analysis revealed a corroded downlock microswitch on the nose gear actuator.

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Published 10 December 2014