# Incident 19990612024079I: Cessna 402C, Ft Lauderdale, FL, June 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1999, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RSHA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N251RS-2009-03-24) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990612024079I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 12, 1999, ABOUT 1212 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 402C, N251RS, REGISTERED TO TROPICAL AVIATION SERVICES, INC., AND OPERATED BY AIR SUNSHINE, INC., AS A TITLE CFR PART 135 NONSCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER FLIGHT FROM ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS, TO FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, SUFFERED COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING ROLL AT FORT LAUDERDALE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE AIRLINES TRANSPORT-RATED PILOT AND NINE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1045. THE PILOT STATED TO AN FAA INSPECTOR THAT DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AN FAA INSPECTOR SHOWED A NOSED LANDING GEAR DRAG BRACE HAD FAILED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (-23) ON JUNE 12, 1999, ABOUT 1212 EDT, A CESSNA 402C, N251RS, REGISTERED TO TROPICAL AVIATION SERVICES, INC. AND OPERATED BY AIR SUNSHINE, INC. AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 135 NONSCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT FROM ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS, TO FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, SUFFERED A COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING AT FORT LAUDERDALE, THE A/C RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND NINE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1045. INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE HAD CRACKED AND FAILED ON LANDING. ONCE THE DRAG BRACE WAS REMOVED FROM THE A/C A PRE-EXISTING CRACK WAS NOTED ON THE DRAG BRACE, THE DRAG BRACE WAS GIVEN TO JEFF KENNEDY FROM THE NTSB FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.

## Other reports on N251RS (1)

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

- [Accident 20000316006689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000316006689A), Mar 16, 2000: Cessna 402C (N251RS), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot in command heard loud pop from r/h side of aircraft. The aircraft skidded to the r/h side of runway then went off runway into grass area. (.4)on…

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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