19951109036429I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402C · Nome, AK · November 9, 1995

Date: November 9, 1995 · 16:40 local
Place: Nome, AK
Airport: Nome
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: FWWA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7011X
Reported as: Cessna 402C
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520*
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,250 total800 in this make and model325 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot reported that on approach into Nome all 3 down & locked indicator lights were visible. Upon touchdown the nosegear began to collapse and the gear warning horn came on. During recovery, the director of maintenance indicated that the nose gear would not lock in the extended position. On November 14, 1995, inspectors ketyer took photographs while inspector walsh verified nose gear actuator rigging and wiring conformity. The NTSB was contacted and opened the occurrence as an incident. The NTSB instructed the operator to send the nose gear actuator in for teardown and analysis. Inspector walsh told the director of maintenance to notify fairbanks FSDO as to the teardown results as soon as possible.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED THAT ON APPROACH INTO NOME ALL 3 DOWN & LOCKED INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE VISIBLE. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSEGEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE AND THE GEAR WARNING HORN CAME ON. DURING RECOVERY, THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE INDICATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE EXTENDED POSITION. ON NOVEMBER 14, 1995, INSPECTORS KETYER TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS WHILE INSPECTOR WALSH VERIFIED NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR RIGGING AND WIRING CONFORMITY. THE NTSB WAS CONTACTED AND OPENED THE OCCURRENCE AS AN INCIDENT. THE NTSB INSTRUCTED THE OPERATOR TO SEND THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR IN FOR TEARDOWN AND ANALYSIS. INSPECTOR WALSH TOLD THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE TO NOTIFY FAIRBANKS FSDO AS TO THE TEARDOWN RESULTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.