# Incident 19990728024459I: Cessna 402C, Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, July 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1999, 08:46 local time
- Place: Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Cyril E King Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RSHA
- 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: N402CT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990728024459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR UNLOCKED. INVESIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR EXTENTION WAS A HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAK AND THE TRAVEL OF THE CABLE THAT ACTUATES THE VALVE OF THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY BLOWDOWN SYSTEM (WHICH IT WAS USED BY PIC) WAS IMPROPERLY RIGGED, THUS NOT ALLOWING THE VALVE TO BLOWDOWN THE BOTTLE CHARGE.  CAPTAIN MARTE, PIC INVOLVED PROCEDED AS PER CHECKLIST AND COMPANY PROCEDURES, EXERCISED GOOD JUDGEMENT AND NO INJURIES.

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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