# Incident 20050615014819I: Cessna 402C, Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, June 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2005, 18:05 local time
- Place: Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Cyril E King Airport
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: I5AA
- Location: 18.3373° N, 64.9733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CYRIL E KING (STT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3373&lon=-64.9733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5775C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5775C-2019-01-08) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050615014819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO REPORT RECEIVED FROM STT ATCT, N5775C, A CESSNA 402-C OPERATED BY ISLAND AIR CHARTER, INC. SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING WHEN THE LEFT MLG TWISTED 90. ACCORDING TO ATCT REPORT AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WEATHER DATA REPORTED AS VFR. INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 1405Z ON JUNE 15, 2005. ON JULY 20, 2005, INTERVIEWED PILOT WHICH STATED THAT, AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, A 135 FLIGHT CHECK WAS BEING CONDUCTED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT/OWNER THE ATCT REPORT IS ACCURATE IN ITS CONTEXT. MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE CENTER BOLT ON THE LEFT MLG TORQUE LINK FELL FROM THE PART AFTER THE COTTER PIN SHEARED AND THE NUT CAME LOOSE; FINALLY SEPARATING FROM THE BOLT. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE BOLT, NUT, AND COTTER PIN WITH NEW UNITS. A RETRACTION WAS PERFORMED AND AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR REVENUE FLIGHT.

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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