# Incident 19831222074539I: Cessna 402A, Milwaukee, WI, December 22, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1983, 10:45 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LAEA
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20ML, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20ML-2013-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 700 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831222074539I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19791109055019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791109055019I), Nov 9, 1979: Cessna 402CESSNA (N20ML), Monterey, CA, Minor damage. While taxiing, pilot hit fuel truck with right tip tank of 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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