# Accident 20000630011179A: Cessna 402C, Naples, FL, June 30, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 26.1501° N, 81.7406° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1501&lon=-81.7406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7037E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7037E) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000630011179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED KEY WEST INTER. AIRPORT ON SCHEDULED FLIGHT NO.1212 AT APPROX. 1215 HRS. LCL ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FOR NAPLES MUNI AIRPORT. AT 1225 HRS. THE PILOT REPORTED THE NAPLES AIRPORT IN SIGHT WITH FT. MYERS ATC AND CANCELLED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN. AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2000 FEET AND APPROX. 4 MILES SE OF THE NAPLES AIRPORT HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE ON IMPACT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF OBSERVE ANY DAMAGE TO A/C AND CONTINUED TO NAPLES AIRPORT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.

## 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 MIA00LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA195), Jun 30, 2000: Cessna 402C (N7037E), Naples, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: an inflight collision with a bird during descent that resulted in substantial damage to the airplane's vertical stabilizer spar.

## Other reports on N7037E (2)

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

- [Accident 20230604003339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230604003339A), Jun 4, 2023: Cessna 402C (N7037E), Charlotte Amali, VI, Minor damage. On June 4, 2023, approximately 2:53PM, [privacy data omitted](stt-eis) suffered a bird strike just north of water island, st. thomas. The bird went through the…
- [Incident 20150719013119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150719013119I), Jul 19, 2015: Cessna 402C (N7037E), St. Thomas, VI, Minor damage. Aircraft taxied from ramp to taxiway a and hit a taxiway light with the left propeller prior to takeoff resulting in damage to the left propeller. Aircraft…

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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