# Incident 20030821021319I: Cessna 402C, Albuquerque, NM, August 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2003, 00:10 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N3BA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N594DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N594DM-2009-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,970 total, 200 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030821021319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 21, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 0005MDT, N594DM, A CESSNA CE-402-C, DEPARTED ALBUQUERQUE, NM ENROUTE TO DALLAS, TX. DURING THE CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UNLOCK ANNUNCIATOR AND THE HYDRAULIC ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN THE CABIN BEGAN TO FILL WITH WHAT THE PILOT THOUGHT WAS SMOKE (IT WAS DETERMINED LATER THAT IS WAS VAPORIZED HYDRAULIC FLUID). THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO ALBUQUERQUE AND LANDED RUNWAY 03. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON BOTH MAIN GEAR AND AS THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED THE RUNWAY IT COLLAPSED ON CONTACT.

## Other reports on N594DM (1)

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

- [Accident 20080310838229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080310838229A), Mar 10, 2008: Cessna 402C (N594DM), Mercury, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) The accident aircraft, N594DM (operated under the provisions of 14 CFR part 135 by aero charter and transport inc. N3BA) departed reno, NV (krno) at…

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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