# Accident 20040309003779A: Cessna 402A, Peach Springs, AZ, March 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2004, 10:25 local time
- Place: Peach Springs, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon West
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KNFA
- Location: 35.9950° N, 113.8000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9950&lon=-113.8000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99AT-2005-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,575 total, 420 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040309003779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 9, 2004 AT 1025 PST, A CESSNA 402A, N99AT, WHICH WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY KING AIRLINES, INC. UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 135 SLID OFF THE RUNWAY AFTER THE R/H MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING AT GRAND CANYON WEST AIRPORT (1G4). THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE COLLAPSED GEAR AND RIGHT HAND WING APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER OF A MILE AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 17 CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ABRUPTLY EXIT THE PAVED RUNWAY AND HITTING A BERM WHICH TOOK OUT THE REST OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RESTING AT A 240 DEGREE HEADING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE NINE PASSENGERS AND PILOT WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 LAX04LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA149), Mar 9, 2004: Cessna 402A (N99AT), Peach Springs, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate flare and touchdown that imparted high side loadings on the right main landing gear, which resulted in an overload failure of the landing gear bellcrank and the collapse of…

## Other reports on N99AT (2)

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

- [Incident 19950401010469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950401010469I), Apr 1, 1995: Cessna 402A (N99AT), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: see attached statement dated April 2, 1995, and ptrs transmittal record id[privacy data omitted]dated 04/05/95 (rrp) copy attached. This report…
- [Incident 19780303015489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780303015489I), Mar 3, 1978: Cessna 402CESSNA (N99AT), Princeville, HI, Minor damage. One main collapsed during the landing roll, cause not reported.

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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