# Incident 20000718021019I: Cessna 402C, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2000, 08:35 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: San Juan/Isla Grande
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XXDA
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N581SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N581SP-2002-10-09) (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 TSIO520VB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,606 total, 797 in this make and model, 168 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000718021019I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JULY 17, 2000, ABOUT 1530 OUT OFFICE RECEIVED A FAX FROM SOUTHERN REGION OPERATIONS, REGARDING A CESSNA 402C, N581SP, FROM M&N AVAITION IN WHICH ITS NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ONE OF THE LINE ASSEMBLY GEAR UP LOCK WAS BROKEN CAUSING THE HYDRAUIC FLUID TO DEPLETE COMPLETELY.  PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT HE PULLED THE RED HANDLE OF EMERGENCY LANDING EXTENSION WITH THE INDICATIONS TO TWO GREEN MAIN LANDING LIGHTS AND A RED LIGHT NOSE INDICATION.LATER IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BOTTLE WAS NOT DISCHARGED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS PUT ON JACKS AND USING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AN EXTENSION TEST WAS CONDUCTED AND THE NITROGEN BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED.

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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