# Incident 19991127033589I: Cessna 402B, Honolulu, HI, November 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1999, 17:02 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TXHA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3949C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3949C-2017-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,223 total, 213 in this make and model, 213 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991127033589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) BOLT WAS BROKEN AND HELD IN PLACE BY TIGHT FIT UNTIL HOUSING BROKE UNDER STRESS DURING GEAR EXTENSION.  PILOT DID NOT GET THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND CONTACTED HONOLULU TOWER FOR FLY-BY TO VERIFY GEAR DOWN.  PILOT CONDUCTED NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING.  WHEN NOSE TOUCHED DOWN IT COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT SLID ON NOSE.  BOTH PROPS CONTACTED GROUND AND FUSELAGE SKIN AHEAD OF NOSE GEAR WAS SANDED OFF.  PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  THE BROKEN BOLT SHOWED EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN CRACKED FOR SOME TIME.  HOUSING WAS CRACKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH AT UPPER FORWARD END.  THIS CRACK WAS FRESH AND ENABLED BROKEN BOLT TO COME LOOSE.

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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