# Incident 20050923022059I: Cessna 402B, Dallas, TX, September 23, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2005, 19:18 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Addison Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TZRA
- Location: 32.9686° N, 96.8365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADDISON (ADS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9686&lon=-96.8365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N406TE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N406TE-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 550 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050923022059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 AT 1918 CDT, CESSNA 402-B, N406TE, OWNED BY TELESIS EQUIPMENT, INC., AND OPERATED BY TELESIS TRANS AIR, EXPERIENCED A LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE WHILE LANDING RUNWAY 33 AT ADDISON, TEXAS, ADS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ REPORTED THAT WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT. HE HAD 3 GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. HE REPORTED THE WIND AS BEING FROM 060 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED YAWING TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE WEST SIDE SAFETY AREA APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET NORTH OF TAXIWAY FOXTROT WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, THE LEFT PROPELLER DAMAGED AND ONE TAXI AND ONE RUNWAY LIGHT DAMAGED. TIRE MARKS WERE NOTED FROM THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET SOUTH OF THE AIRCRAFT'S RESTING POINT. WITNESSES THAT OBSERVED THE INCIDENT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A CRABBING ANGLE FOR THE LANDING AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FIRST. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHDOWN THE WITNESSES NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT MAIN TIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUGGLING TO STAY ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N406TE (1)

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

- [Incident 20051124028239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051124028239I), Nov 24, 2005: Cessna 402B (N406TE), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On November 24, 2005 at 03:00 CST Cessna N406TE, model 402B, s/n 402B1366 sustained minor damage after landing at Hobby airport (khou), Houston, Texas,…

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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