# Incident 19960421011179I: Cessna 402C, Las Vegas, NV, April 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1996, 09:36 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OEZA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3283M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,646 total, 930 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960421011179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 0936 LOCAL TIME A CESSNA 402C AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY EAGLE CANYON AIRLINES, HAVING REGISTRATION N3283M, LANDED AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR NOT EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND CONTINUED UNTIL THE AIRPLANE SLOWED AND THE RIGHT ENGINE HIT THE GROUND. THERE WERE SIX PASSENGERS AND ONE CREW MEMBER. NO SERIOUS OR MINOR INJURIES WERE NOTED OR REPORTED. ALL PERSONNEL WERE USHERED FROM THE AIRPLANE AND TAKEN TO THE PASSENGER WAITING AREA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED UP BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR WAS FORCED OPEN AND THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. THE REASON THE GEAR DID NOT OPEN WAS A DEFECTIVE UPLOCK ACTUATOR. THE ACTUATOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY. MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT ON THE UP LOCK ACTUATOR. NO NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION REPORT FILED. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

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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