# Incident 19980213005219I: Cessna 402C, Albuquerque, NM, February 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1998, 04:54 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GNXA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38CJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38CJ) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 40 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980213005219I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 02/13/98 AT 0454 MST, N38CJ, A CESSNA 402C, OWNED BY DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT CORP, INC., AND OPERATED BY B&M ENTERPRISES, DBA NEW MEXICO FLYING SERVICE, INC., 14 CFR PART 135 AIRCARRIER CERTIFICATE NUMBER GNXA, LANDED WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LODGED IN THE NOSE WHEEL WELL DURING A PART 135 CARGO OPERATION. VMC FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS UNINJURED. A LOCALLY MANUFACTURED NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR BRACKET FAILED CAUSING THE GEAR DOOR TO JAM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IN PLACE. A MAINTENANCE RECORD OF THIS WORK WAS NOT LOCATED.

## Other reports on N38CJ (2)

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

- [Incident 20150917015199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150917015199I), Sep 17, 2015: Cessna 402C (N38CJ), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. On September 17, 2015, at 2330 MDT, a Cessna 402-C bearing registration number N38CJ, registered to distribution management corp inc., sustained an engine…
- [Accident 20020312003179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020312003179A), Mar 12, 2002: Cessna 402C (N38CJ), Albuquerque, NM, No damage. (.19) On March 12, 2002, at 0830 mountain standard time, a Cessna 402C airplane, N38CJ, registered to and operated by aero charter and transport of…

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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