# Incident 19830410024459I: Cessna 402A, New Haven, CT, April 10, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1983, 11:46 local time
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Airport: Tweed New Haven
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GULA
- Location: 41.2637° N, 72.8877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TWEED/NEW HAVEN (HVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2637&lon=-72.8877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401GA-1990-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830410024459I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE LANDING ROLL. TRUNNION PN 504100025 HAD FAILED AFTER OVER 20000 LANDINGS.

## Other reports on N401GA (1)

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

- [Incident 19880913062619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880913062619I), Sep 13, 1988: Cessna 402A (N401GA), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Shortly after rotation, forward baggage door blew open and fell off. Continued flight in non-airworthy aircraft.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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