# Incident 20001012030179I: Cessna 402CESSNA, Nashville, TN, October 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2000, 13:10 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4214M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- Pilot flight hours: 3,450 total, 15 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001012030179I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON FINAL APPROACH TO BNA THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN FOR LANDING. THE TOW MLG LIGHT CONFIRMED DOWN & LOCKED, BUT THE NLG SHOWED UNSAFE CONDITION.  THE NLG LIGHT TESTED & FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.  THE NLG LOOKED TO BE DOWN FROM THE MIRROR.  A GO AROUND WAS CALLED TO INVESTIGATE.  STILL HAD UNSAFE NLG & DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH DNA-ATC.  RECYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES & SWAPPED DOWN LIGHT INDICATORS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT.   PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECK LIST BUT NO NLG DOWN & LOCK LIGHT.  FLEW OFF EXCESS FUEL WITH HIGH G MANEUVERS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT.  PROCEEDED TO BNA RUNWAY 2C & LANDED.  NLG WAS HELD OFF AS LONG AS POSSIBLE BUT SOON COLLAPSED.  AIRCRAFT SHUT DOWN & EVACUATED.

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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