19791120044599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402B · West Lafayette, IN · November 20, 1979

Date
November 20, 1979 · 07:45 local
Place
West Lafayette, IN
Airport
Purdue University
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1401A
Reported as
Cessna 402B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,062 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Landing gear collapsed during taxi due to incorrect preflight procedure by copilot.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAXI DUE TO INCORRECT PREFLIGHT PROCEDURE BY COPILOT.