# Incident 20000726029349I: Cessna 402C, Del Rio, TX, July 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2000, 23:36 local time
- Place: Del Rio, TX
- Airport: Del Rio International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.3742° N, 100.9272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEL RIO INTL (DRT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3742&lon=-100.9272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402GR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402GR-2003-09-08) (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: 1,956 total, 329 in this make and model, 209 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000726029349I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LOST HYDRAULIC FLUID AND THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT GO DOWN AND LOCK.  THE STANDBY BLOW DOWN DID NOT ACTIVATE.  THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NOSE GEAR UP.  THE HYDRAULIC FLUID RESERVOIR SITE TUBE HAD DETERIORATED AND LOST HYDRAULIC FLUID.  THE STANDBY BLOW DOWN SYSTEM WAS NOT RIGGED APPROPRIATELY.  THE FLEET OF 8 ADDITIONAL 402-C MODELS WAS INSPECTED FOR DETERIORATION OF THE TUBE AND SECURITY.  ALSO, AN INSPECTION OF THE RIGGING AND SECURITY OF THE EMERGENCY INSPECTION CABLE WAS DONE.  IT INCLUDED THE SCOPE OF 100-HR. INSPECTION AND A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE SIGHT GAUGE AND EMERGENCY CABLE AS PART OF THE 50-HR INSPECTION.  A MALFUNCATION DEFECT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N402GR (1)

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

- [Incident 19961115035829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961115035829I), Nov 15, 1996: Cessna 402C (N402GR), Watkins, CO, Minor damage. Hard Landing skidded into field struck lights and sign. Regained runway. Right gear severed. Aircraft iced up.

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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