20051021027039A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 402B · Sandpoint, ID · October 21, 2005

Date
October 21, 2005 · 15:35 local
Place
Sandpoint, ID
Airport
Sandpoint Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
TVDA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N402CA
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA06LA011
Reported as
Cessna 402B
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,850 total450 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On October 21, 2005, at approximately 1535 local time, a Cessna 402B, N402CA piloted by the pilot privacy data omitted was substantially damaged during a landing at the Sandpoint, ID airport (szt). The pilot and his passenger were uninjured. The pilot reported that the aircraft's right hand main landing gear collapsed immediately after touchdown. The aircraft settled onto its right wing and the aircraft veered off the main runway to the right coming to rest approximately 80 yards east of the runway and at approximately midfield. The aircraft suffered damage to the r/h prop, r/h landing gear and gear door, the r/h wing tip tank, the r/h aileron, and skin damage to the underside of the r/h wing approximately mid span of the aileron. There were no signs of pre or post crash fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON OCTOBER 21, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1535 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 402B, N402CA PILOTED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A LANDING AT THE SANDPOINT, ID AIRPORT (SZT). THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO ITS RIGHT WING AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE MAIN RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 80 YARDS EAST OF THE RUNWAY AND AT APPROXIMATELY MIDFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE R/H PROP, R/H LANDING GEAR AND GEAR DOOR, THE R/H WING TIP TANK, THE R/H AILERON, AND SKIN DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE R/H WING APPROXIMATELY MID SPAN OF THE AILERON. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF PRE OR POST CRASH FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.