# Incident 19980414013729I: Cessna 402C, Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, April 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1998, 17:14 local time
- Place: Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Cyril E King Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FHYA
- Location: 18.3373° N, 64.9733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CYRIL E KING (STT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3373&lon=-64.9733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N906WJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N906WJ-2001-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,220 total, 600 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980414013729I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 14, 1998, AND APPROXIMATELY AT 1714 HOURS LOCAL, PILOT, MR. SENDER KRUIZE, COMMERCIAL PILOT FAA CERTIFICATE NO. 2503080, REPORTED THAT WHILE APPROACHING ST. THOMAS AIRPORT, IN AIRCRAFT CESSNA MODEL 402C, REGISTRATION NO. N906WJ, AND HE SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR TO DOWN POSITION HE NOTICED THREE GREEN LIGHTS DOWN AND AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR RED LIGHT. AFTER AN AIRPORT FLY-BY, THE CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR REPORTED TO HIM THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED OR LOCKED. THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN ITS UNLOCK POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING, BUT THE AIRCRAFT RESULTED WITH MINOR DAMAGES TO NOSE SECTION SKIN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED FAILURE OF A NLG HYDRAULIC LINE.

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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