# Incident 20040804015429I: Cessna 402C, Key West, FL, August 4, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2004, 21:26 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Key West International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 24.5561° N, 81.7600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEY WEST INTL (EYW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5561&lon=-81.7600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N247GS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N247GS) (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: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,238 total, 15,000 in this make and model, 238 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040804015429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 04, 2004, AT 2126 HOURS. A CESSNA CE-402-C OPERATED BY CAPE AIR (HYIA), FLIGHT NUMBER 9398 DEPARTED FORT MYERS, FLORIDA (RSW) FOR KEY WEST, FLORIDA (EYW) WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED UPON LANDING AT EYW. ACCORDING TO PILOT ERIC W. SAMPSON, THE APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL INTO EYW, WITH THREE (3) GREE LIGHTS, WHEN THE NOSEWHEEL STRUT ASSEMBLY COLLAPSED DURING THE ROLLOUT. THERE WERE SEVEN (7) PASSENGERS AND ONE (1) PILOT ON BOARD, WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGES TO BOTH AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS (BENT TIPS) AND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FORWARD NOSE SECTION DUE TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR. MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT (FAA FORM 8010-4) SUBMITTED, IDENTIFIED ACTUATOR CYLINDER HEAD, PART NUMBER 1521904-1, HAD FAILED AT THE BEARING AREA. SUBJECT PART HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO MIT BY CAPE AIR, FOR METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS. MR. LARRY GUALTIERI, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY NTSB INVESTIGATOR JOHN LOVELL, TO NOTIFIY HIM OF THE RESULTS OF THE METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED BY THIS INSPECTOR AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N247GS (1)

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

- [Incident 20090725012309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090725012309I), Jul 25, 2009: Cessna 402C (N247GS), Marthasvineyar, MA, Minor damage. (-23) On 25 July 09, cape air 318, enroute from martha's vineyard, MA. To boston, MA. Diverted to hyannis, MA due to a crew door opening in flight. The…

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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