# Accident 20030923027679A: Cessna 402C, Nantucket, MA, September 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2003, 05:23 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GULC
- Location: 41.2483° N, 70.0647° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2483&lon=-70.0647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N405BK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N405BK-2006-06-14) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030923027679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ONE FATALITY AND ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN N405BK, CE-402-C, ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN, ENROUTE FROM BARNSTABLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TO NANTUCKET MEMORIAL AIRPORT, IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE ON THE ILS RUNWAY 24 APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 1/4 MILE TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, ABOUT 3,500 FEET BEYOND THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. ALL MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE AIRFRAME WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAINTAINED UNDER AN APPROVED AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION PROGRAM. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OPERATED FOR ABOUT 50 HOURS SINCE IT'S MOST RECENT INSPECTION, WHICH WAS PERFORMED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2003. THE PILOT REPORTED 14,000 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE ON HIS MOST RECENT APPLICATION FOR A FAA FIRST CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, WHICH WAS ISSUED APRIL 16, 2003. THE PILOT RECEIVED AND PASSED AN AIRMAN COMPETENCY CHECK MAY 6, 2003. WEATHER AT NANTUCKET MEMORIAL AIRPORT AT 0529 WAS REPORTED AS: WINDS FROM 130 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS, VISIBILITY A HALF MILE IN FOG, INDEFINITE CEILING AT 100 FEET. THE AIRPORT SUPERVISOR DESCRIBED THE WEATHER AS THICK FOG AND "PITCH BLACK".

## 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 NYC03FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA203), Sep 23, 2003: Cessna 402C (N405BK), Nantucket, MA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a missed approach. Factors in this accident were fog and the night light conditions.

## Other reports on N405BK (1)

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

- [Incident 19970917032309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970917032309I), Sep 17, 1997: Cessna 402C (N405BK), Hyannis, MA, Minor damage. Narrative: island airlines flight 405 in N405BK struck a goose on landing as pilot was flaring. Radome was damaged. No other damage. Radome was replaced, a/c…

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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