# Accident 20051021027039A: Cessna 402B, Sandpoint, ID, October 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2005, 15:35 local time
- Place: Sandpoint, ID
- Airport: Sandpoint Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TVDA
- Location: 48.2994° N, 116.5600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2994&lon=-116.5600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402CA-2015-03-11) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 450 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051021027039A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 SEA06LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA011), Oct 21, 2005: Cessna 402B (N402CA), Sandpoint, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude, which led to him landing short of the runway and impacting the runway's elevated lip. Contributing factors were the elevated runway lip and the right main…

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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