19831222074539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402A · Milwaukee, WI · December 22, 1983

Date
December 22, 1983 · 10:45 local
Place
Milwaukee, WI
Airport
General Mitchell
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
LAEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N20ML
Reported as
Cessna 402A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,900 total700 in this make and model210 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.

Unable to lower nose gear. Landed with nose gear up. Found bolts and washers holding nose strut gimble missing.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE GEAR. LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR UP. FOUND BOLTS AND WASHERS HOLDING NOSE STRUT GIMBLE MISSING.

Other reports on N20ML · 1

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