# Incident 20021106031469I: Cessna 402B, El Paso, TX, November 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2002, 15:34 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: V8SA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N561DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N561DC-2017-10-31) (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: 11,550 total, 300 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021106031469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND TO CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO WHEN THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR BUT DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO EL PASO, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THE SINGLE OCCUPANT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPPER SIDE BRACE, P/N 5141001-34, BROKE AT THE ATTACH POINT. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE OPERATOR. 156 RECORDS WERE FOUND ON A CE-402, ATA 3200, SPAS QUERY BUT NONE WERE ATTRIBUTED TO THE UPPER SIDE BRACE THUS, A SAFETY RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT FORWARDED.

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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