# Accident 20000315004489A: Cessna 402C, San Antonio, TX, March 15, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2000, 22:11 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GO7A
- Location: 29.5397° N, 98.4899° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5397&lon=-98.4899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11NX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11NX-2013-04-25) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,275 total, 600 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000315004489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 15, 2000, AT 2208 CST A NATIONAL EXPRESS FLIGHT 510, N11NX, SUSTAINED DAMAGE DURING LANDING ROLL OUT ON RUNWAY 03 AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. N11NX IS OPERATED BY TEXAS AIR CHARTER DBA NATIONAL EXPRESS OF DENTON, TX. N11NX IS A NIGHT VFR NON SCHEDULED FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED HARLINGEN TO SAN ANTONIO WITH A IFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ON LANDING ROLL OUT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FAILED. THE UPPER GEAR STRUT PARTS WERE SENT TO NTSB FOR FATIGUE INSPECTION. NTSB EVALUATING THE PARTS FOR FAILURE. (.4)AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING AND PERFORMED A GO-AROUND.  DURING THE SUBSEQUENT LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHTS.  A POST ACCIDENT FIRE IGNITED FROM A FUEL LEAK UNDER THE LEFT WING COMING IN CONTACT WITH A HOT WIRE FROM THE DAMAGED RUNWAY LIGHTS.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT HAD COMPLETED ALL COMPANY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED THE CFR PART 135 AIRMAN COMPETENCY/PROFICIENCY FLIGHT CHECK ADMINISTERED BY THE COMPANY CHECK AIRMAN, AND THE SUBSEQUENT LINE CHECKS.  THE PILOT HAD ACCUMULATED 6                                                                    00 FLIGHT HOURS IN THE ACCIDENT MAKE AND MODEL. AT THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE ACCUMULATED AIRFRAME TIME WAS 15,522.7 HOURS.  MAINTENANCE RECORDS DID NOT REVEAL EVIDENCE OF ANY ANOMALIES OR UNCORRECTED MAINTENANCE DEFECTS.  EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION HAD FRACTURED AS A RESULT OF OVERLOAD.  NO MICROSCOPIC ANOMALIES WERE FOUND IN THE TRUNNION MATERIAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW00LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA099), Mar 16, 2000: Cessna 402C (N11NX), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate handling of the aircraft during the landing flare/touchdown resulting in a hard landing that collapsed the left main landing gear.

## Other reports on N11NX (1)

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

- [Incident 20020520013059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020520013059I), May 20, 2002: Cessna 402C (N11NX), Wichita, KS. (-23) Aircraft departed dallas love field. The right alternator light illuminated. It was reset with no further problems. When the aircraft was 50NM south of…

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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