# Accident 19890510011249A: Cessna 402CESSNA, Tatitlek, AK, May 10, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1989, 14:55 local time
- Place: Tatitlek, AK
- Airport: Tatitlek Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ESAA
- Location: 60.8808° N, 146.6497° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8808&lon=-146.6497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N966JW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N966JW-2013-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT IO520E
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,025 total, 80 in this make and model, 229 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC89FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89FA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890510011249A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN SCISSORS BUSHING AND BOLT SEPARATED CAUSING WHEEL TO SWIVEL AND LOSS OF CONTROL LANDING.

## 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 ANC89FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89FA070), May 10, 1989: Cessna C-402 (N966JW), Tatitlek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: INSTALLATION OF THE IMPROPER WASHER ON THE SCISSORS ASSEMBLY OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE EXTRA FORCES ENCOUNTEREDON A GRAVEL RUNWAY WERE SUFFICIENT TO PULL THE BUSHING, WASHER, AND BOLT…

## Other reports on N966JW (1)

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

- [Accident 19940828023959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940828023959A), Aug 28, 1994: Cessna 402CESSNA (N966JW), Harlingen, TX, Substantial damage. Lost power on climbout. Stall landed off airport. Bad mags plugs and cyl compression. Over gross. Density altitude.

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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