# Accident 20010426008099A: Cessna 402B, Del Rio, TX, April 26, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2001, 08:45 local time
- Place: Del Rio, TX
- Airport: Del Rio International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: L4YA
- Location: 29.3892° N, 100.9422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3892&lon=-100.9422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80Q-2001-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17045, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010426008099A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 29, 2001, BRAIN SCHROEDER ATTEMPTED TO LAND CE-402, N80Q, AT DEL RIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  HE MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO LAND AND ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT THE PLANE CRASHED HALF A MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.   MR. SCHROEDER  TOLD OTHER PEOPLE ON THE RADIO THAT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE DISENGAGING THE AUTO PILOT.  ON INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT EVIDENCE WAS FOUND WHERE THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB WAS NOT CONNECTED PROPERLY AFTER MAINTENANCE 10 HRS BEFORE THE CRASH.                                                         (.19)ON APRIL 26, 2001, APPROXIMATELY 0830 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 402B MULTI-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N80Q, REGISTERED TO TEXAS AIR CHARTERS INC., OF DENTON, TEXAS, AND OPERATED BY TEXSTAR AIRFREIGHT INC., OF DENTON, TEXAS, WAS DESTROYED BY A POST IMPACT FIRE AFTER IT IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 AT THE DEL RIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DEL RIO, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 135 DOMESTIC CARGO FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT A T 0745.

## 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 FTW01FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA104), Apr 26, 2001: Cessna 402B (N80Q), Del Rio, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the loss of control due to a jammed trim tab, which resulted from the failure of maintenance personnel to properly secure the trim tab actuator rod when installing a replacement elevator.

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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