# Accident 20010130000529A: Cessna 402C, Marthas Vineyar, MA, January 30, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2001, 18:35 local time
- Place: Marthas Vineyar, MA
- Airport: Marthas Vineyard
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 41.3878° N, 70.5878° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3878&lon=-70.5878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6837Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6837Y-2001-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010130000529A

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON IFR APPROACH TO VINEYARD HAVEN, MA (MVY), MARTHA'S VINEYARD, RUNWAY 24 ILS, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE SHORT, AND 1/4 MILE LEFT OF CENTER RUWNAY 24 ILS, DUE TO UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES AT 1835 EST, 1/30/01. CAPE AIR (HYANNIS AIR SERVICE HYIA), N6837Y, FLT. 415, CESSNA CE-402-C, WAS EN-ROUTE FROM PROVIDENCE RI (PVD), TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD (MVY).  TWO PERSONS WERE ON BOARD, ANS SUSTAINED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE PILOT IN CONMMAND (PIC) WAS MARK B. TRAFTON, CERT #033381414,^PRIVACY DAT^.  THE PIC SUSTAINED BURNS 25% OVER HIS BODY, WITH THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVER HIS FACE, ARMS, AND CHEST.  THE ONLY PASSENGER ON BOARD SUSTAINED 2ND DEGREE BURNS OVER HER FACE, AND HANDS.

## 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 NYC01FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA073), Jan 30, 2001: Cessna 402C (N6837Y), Edgartown, MA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a stabilized approach with an adequate vertical and lateral track. Also causal was his failure to maintain obstacle clearance.

## Other reports on N6837Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19870916071349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870916071349I), Sep 16, 1987: Cessna 402C (N6837Y), Newark, NJ. Elevator trim operated opposite to input on trim wheel. Safe landing. Cable was installed incorrectly.
- [Incident 19851223070809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851223070809I), Dec 23, 1985: Cessna 402CESSNA (N6837Y), Provincetown, MA. Landed long after downwind ILS approach. Snow and slush onm runway. Ran off runway end.

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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