# Incident 19850420056529I: Cessna 402C, West Palm Beach, FL, April 20, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1985, 07:43 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6879Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6879Y-2013-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,105 total, 1,503 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85IA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850420056529I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. ACTUATOR ROD IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED PRECLUDING A PROPER DOWN LOCK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA85IA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA152), Apr 20, 1985: Cessna 402C (N6879Y), West Palm Beach, FL, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N6879Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19970919027729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970919027729A), Sep 19, 1997: Cessna 402C (N6879Y), Nantucket, MA, Destroyed. Executed ILS approach to runway 24, crashed to the left of the runway. (-23) a/c impacted the ground (very hard) doing substantial to total damage to a/c,…

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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