Cessna 421C N421PC

Summary

On 30 October 2008 at about 02:59 local time, a Cessna 421C registered N421PC, operated by DRY Force Inc, was involved in an accident near Mesa, Arizona, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 October 2008 at 02:59

Classification

Accident

Location

Mesa, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Falcon Field (FFZ)

Coordinates

33.4608, -111.7283

Aircraft

Cessna 421C

Registration

N421PC

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

DRY Force Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Diego → Mesa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

WPR09LA029

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the hydraulic landing gear extension systems due to a ruptured line.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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At the conclusion of the business flight, the pilot placed the landing gear selector in the down position. The gear did not extend. Then, the pilot attempted to extend the gear using the emergency procedure, and he was similarly unsuccessful. The pilot landed with the gear partially extended. The airplane swerved off the runway and was substantially damaged. An examination of the landing gear system revealed that an aluminum hydraulic line had ruptured at a 45-degree bend near the location of an Adel clamp. The subsequent loss of fluid rendered the primary and emergency gear extension systems inoperative.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.