# Incident 20060216002969I: Cessna 402C, Ponce, Puerto Rico, February 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2006, 19:30 local time
- Place: Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Mercedita
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 18.0088° N, 66.5645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCEDITA (PSE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0088&lon=-66.5645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N781EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N781EA-2019-10-05) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060216002969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CAPE AIR FLIGHT KAP193 (#27), DEPARTED FROM SAN JUAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO PONCE, PR WITH THREE PASSENGERS AND ONE PILOT IN COMMAND. THE FLIGHT TO PONCE WAS UNEVENTFUL. UPON LANDING AT THE MERCEDITAS AIRPORT AT PONCE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED BY ITSELF. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGES, MAINLY SCRATCHES. VISUAL CHECK OF THE NOSE GEAR SYSTEM REVEALED NO BROKEN PART(S) THAT COULD ALLOW THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. DURING A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT LOG, IT WAS NOTED THAT SEVERAL WRITE-UPS REGARDING NOSE GEAR UNLOCK INDICATION HAD BEEN ENTERED PREVIOUS TO THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N781EA (1)

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

- [Incident 20100801039949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100801039949I), Aug 1, 2010: Cessna 402C (N781EA), San Juan, PR, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend landing gear. Aircraft landed with landing gear retracted on sju rwy 10.

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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