# Incident 19980923035599I: Cessna 402C, Hyannis, MA, September 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1998, 13:55 local time
- Place: Hyannis, MA
- Airport: Barnstable Municipal-Boardman - Pol
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 41.6529° N, 70.2828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hyannis, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6529&lon=-70.2828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6879R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6879R) (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: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,700 total, 2,000 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/19980923035599I

## Narrative

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

(-5)LEFT GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND.  PILOT USED EMERGENCY BLOWDOWN SYSTEM.  LEFT GEAR STILL WOULDN'T EXTEND.  PILOT BRIEFED PASSENGERS AND LANDED HYANNIS RUNWAY 33 AT 1355.  WHEN LEFT WING TIP TOUCHED PILOT PUT AIRCRAFT INTO THE GRASS.  PILOT INITIATED EVACUATION PROCEDURES.  ALL PASSENGERS AND PILOT EXCAPED WITHOUT INJURY.  MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  LEFT PROP WAS FEATHERED, ALL 3 TIPS BENT.  DAMAGE TO LEFT WING TIP, ELEVATOR TIP, LEFT FLAPS, RT INBD FLAP CONTACTED RUNWAY LIGHT, AND ONE BELLY SKIN.  CAUSE:  LEFT UP LOCK HOOK BROKE WOULDN'T RELEASE GEAR.

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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