# Accident 19971027030999A: Cessna 402B, Tampa, FL, October 27, 1997 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 27, 1997, 15:10 local time - Place: Tampa, FL - Airport: Tampa International - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 27.9600° N, 82.4901° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9600&lon=-82.4901&mi=10 - Aircraft: N69293, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69293-1998-06-29) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B - People aboard: 4 - Fatal injuries: 4 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98FA008) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971027030999A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. HAD TROUBLE WITH ILS APPROACH THEN FLARED GEAR UP. ADVISED GO AROUND BY ATC ROLLED LEFT. CRASHED. HI RWY ON FLARE. (.19) ON OCTOBER 27, 1997, ABOUT 1510 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 402B, N69293, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING A GO-AROUND AT THE TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TAMPA, FLORIDA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED, ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. ORIGINATION OF THE FLIGHT WAS SARASOTA, FLORIDA, ABOUT 1451, ON THE SAME DAY. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED RUNWAY 32 AT SARASOTA, ABOUT 32 MILES SOUTH OF THE TAMPA AIRPORT, AND WAS CLEARED TO INTERCEPT THE LOCALIZER COURSE FOR RUNWAY 36R AT THE TAMPA AIRPORT. DURING THE APPROACH, THE CONTROLLER AT TAMPA NOTED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY 36L LOCALIZER COURSE, AND ISSUED VECTORS TO THE LOCALIZER COURSE FOR 36R. THE FLIGHT OVERSHOT THE LOCALIZER COURSE FOR 36R, AND DESCENDED, PRIOR TO ALIGNI NG WITH THE LOCALIZER COURSE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CONTROLLER DIRECTED THE FLIGHT TO RETURN TO THE MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE AND VECTORED THE FLIGHT ONTO THE 36R APPROACH COURSE. THE CONTROLLER ALSO QUERIED THE PILOT IF HE HAD THE CORRECT LOCALIZER FREQUENCY TUNED, THEN PROVIDED THE FREQUENCY TO THE PILOT. THE FLIGHT WAS DESCENDED TO 1,600 FEET, ISSUED A HEADING TO RETURN TO THE 36R LOCALIZER COURSE AND ADVISED TO REPORT THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT. ABOUT THREE MILES FROM THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT WAS ASKED IF THE AIRPORT WAS IN SIGHT, TO WHICH THE PILOT REPLIED NEGATIVELY. THE PILOT WAS ASKED IF HE WAS ON THE LOCALIZER AND THE PILOT RESPONDED AFFIRMATIVELY. A RADIO FREQUENCY CHANGE TO THE TOWER FREQUENCY WAS ISSUED. THE PILOT DID NOT CONTACT THE TOWER UNTIL AFTER THE LOCAL CONTROLLER HAD MADE TWO TRANSMISSIONS TO THE FLIGHT. GROUND WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE IN A RAPID DESCENT TOWARD THE RUNWAY. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER ANNOUNCED TO THE FLIGHT THAT THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE EXTENDED AND DIRECTED A GO-AROUND. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER INFORMED THE FLIGHT THAT THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO HAVE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND ASKED IF ALL WAS WELL. THE PILOT REPLIED THAT THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO BE O K. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO ROLL LEFT AND DESCEND IN A BROAD ARC TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. (-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1453, N69293 DEPARTED SARASOTA, FLORIDA (SRQ) WITH FOUR PERSONS ONBOARD, 409 LB OF BAGS AND FULL FUEL, BOUND FOR TAMPA (TPA). TH PILOT, DONALD CLARK (CERT. #2001396) HAD A MULTI-ENGINE, INSTRUMENT RATING. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT TPA, MR. CLARK FAILED TO LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR. THE TOWER TOLD HIM HIS GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND TO GO-AROUND. THE RIGHT PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, SCRAPING THE END OF THE BLADES. THE LEFT PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, ROLLING BACK THREE INCHES OF TWO BLADES AND ROLLING FORWARD, THREE INCHES OF THE THIRD BLADE. ONE ANTENNA ON THE BELLY WAS GROUND DOWN FOUR INCHES, ANOTHER, 1 INCH. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED UP AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED. THE TOWER TOLD THE PILOT THEY HAD SEEN SPARKS AND ASKED IF EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT. THE PILOT RESPONDED, EVERYTHING SEEMED OK. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A TURN TO THE LEFT. THE TURN CONTINUED INTO A ROLL AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED INTO THE GROUND, CARTWHEELING TO A STOP ABOUT HALF A MILE NORTH OF THE TOWER. THE TWO PROPELLERS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AS WELL AS THE LEFT WING AND ENGINE. THE AIRFRAME IN FRONT OF THE COCKPIT WAS DESTROYED. THE MALE IN THE LEFT FRONT SEAT, THE FEMALE IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT AND THE MALE IN THE MIDDLE LEFT SEAT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FEMALE IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT SEAT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH A BROKEN ARM, LEG, AND PELVIS. ## 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 ATL98FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98FA008), Oct 27, 1997: Cessna 402B (N69293), Tampa, FL, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow the landing checklist and extend the landing gear for landing, and his failure to maintain VMC during a go-around. Factors were: the pilot's diverted attention due to a… ## Other reports on N69293 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19821228068249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821228068249I), Dec 28, 1982: Cessna 402B (N69293), Savoy, IL, Minor damage. Flat nose strut on takeoff retracting jammed against door rods. Broke bellcrank loose. Hydraulic oil on strut. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.