# Accident 19880825035209A: Cessna 402C, Prescott, AZ, August 25, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1988, 08:53 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GPAA
- Location: 34.6548° N, 112.4192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6548&lon=-112.4192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5715C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5715C-2018-01-25) (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
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 268 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA296) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880825035209A

## Narrative

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

PARKED AIRCRAFT TOO CLOSE TO TAXIWAY. LEFT CENTERLINE FOR CLEARANCE. GEAR WENT OFF TAXIWAY HIT RUT AND COLLAPSED.

## 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 LAX88LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA296), Aug 25, 1988: Cessna 402C (N5715C), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5715C (2)

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

- [Incident 19920614025469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920614025469I), Jun 14, 1992: Cessna 402C (N5715C), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Nose landing gear collapsed on rollout. Nose landing gear down lock failed to properly engage.
- [Incident 19810728058829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810728058829I), Jul 28, 1981: Cessna 402C (N5715C), Detroit, MI. Nose baggage bin door opened on takeoff roll. Aborted takeoff. Reclosed door. Flight departed ok.

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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