# Incident 20001129024579I: Cessna 402B, Minot, ND, November 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2000, 18:42 local time
- Place: Minot, ND
- Airport: Minot International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DUFA
- Location: 48.2576° N, 101.2780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINOT INTL (MOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2576&lon=-101.2780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3729C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3729C-2019-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001129024579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INFORMATION FROM PRELIMINARY REPORT BY MINOT, ND TOWER-PILOT WAS TAXING DOWN RUNWAY 31 AND TOLD TO TURN RIGHT ON TAXIWAY DELTA. HE TURNED A LITTLE EARLY AND HIS NOSE GEAR WENT INTO THE MUD. PER INTERVIEW OF PILOT BY IIC, HE SHUT DOWN A/C AND HAD THE A/C TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP WHERE IT WAS INSPECTED AND NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND. PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N3729C (3)

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

- [Incident 19910206004129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910206004129I), Feb 6, 1991: Cessna 402B (N3729C), Springdale, AR, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed while taxiing to ramp.
- [Incident 19890304002949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890304002949I), Mar 4, 1989: Cessna 402B (N3729C), Springdale, AR, Minor damage. Landed with gear up. Pilot stated he lowered gear and had three gears down lights. Found no mechanical malfunction.
- [Incident 19871220077279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871220077279I), Dec 20, 1987: Cessna 402B (N3729C), New Smyrna, FL, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed during landing rollout. Found that their right gear failed to properly lock.

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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