# Incident 20011005029049I: Cessna 402B, Tampa, FL, October 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2001, 17:45 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33TH-2017-07-07) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 786 total, 387 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011005029049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 5, 2001 AT 1745 EDT, A CESSNA 402, N33TH REGISTERED TO DALE LOCKWOOD, LANDED ON RUNWAY 18L AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TAMPA, FLORIDA. WHILE ON APPROACH TO THIS AIRPORT MR. DALE LOCKWOOD, THE PILOT, NOTICED HE HAD TWO RED LIGHTS ON THE LANDING GEAR FOR BOTH MAIN GEAR. MR. LOCKWOOD STATED HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR 9 OR 10 TIMES AND FINALLY HAND CRANKED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. HE ALSO STATES HE ASKED THE TOWER FOR A FLY BY TO DETERMINE IF THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. HE STATES THE TOWER TOLD HIM TO FLY BY A COMAIR FLIGHT WAITING TO TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 18L. HE CLAIMS THE TOWER REPORTED HE HAD THREE DOWN, AND THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND. DURING THE LANDING HE NOTED THE RIGHT SIDE WAS SETTLING MORE THAN NORMAL AND HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES AND APPLIED THE LEFT BRAKE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED RIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N33TH (1)

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

- [Incident 19970108007849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970108007849I), Jan 8, 1997: Cessna 402B (N33TH), Brunswick, GA. Narrative: aircraft heater fuel supply tube failed from fatigue. Cause of fatigue under investigation.

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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