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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 402C · State College, PA · October 12, 1979

Date: October 12, 1979 · 07:29 local
Place: State College, PA
Airport: University Park
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft: N5718C
Reported as: Cessna 402C
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,200 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N5718CRegistration cancelled Apr 19, 1983 · Cessna 402CS/N 402C0027 Airframe modelCessna 402C

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.

Nose gear up-lock failed to engage. Hydraulic fluid overheated from cycling, melted plastic lines.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR UP-LOCK FAILED TO ENGAGE. HYDRAULIC FLUID OVERHEATED FROM CYCLING, MELTED PLASTIC LINES.

Other reports on N5718C · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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