# Incident 19870514022379I: Cessna 402C, Ft Lauderdale, FL, May 14, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1987, 10:00 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RSHA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2714A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2714A-1993-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870514022379I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION ON APPROACH. SAFE LANDING.  FOUND A SPRING BROKEN IN THE MICROSWITCH.

## Other reports on N2714A (1)

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

- [Accident 19920123001889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920123001889A), Jan 23, 1992: Cessna 402C (N2714A), Clewiston, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. High speed near vertical impact in open field. SIGMET for thunderstorms in area. No 135 IFR approval issued.

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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