# Incident 20060312005749I: Cessna 402B, Leesburg, FL, March 12, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2006, 19:20 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Leesburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: B5MA
- Location: 28.8229° N, 81.8084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG INTL (LEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8229&lon=-81.8084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N300SH-2017-06-19) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,648 total, 30 in this make and model, 207 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060312005749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FERRY FLIGHT TO TEST THE AUTOPILOT. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE AUTOPILOT TEST THE PILOT PROCEEDED BACK TO LEE RUNWAY 13. AFTER LOWERING THE FLAPS THE PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN THE PILOT HAD THREE LIGHTS IN THE GREEN, INDICATING THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. THE LANDING WAS SMOOTH WITH NO CROSSWINDS. ABOUT 1000FT THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID FOR ABOUT 300 FT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE FAA REVEALED THAT THE DOWN LOCK BROKE ON LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD PROP DAMAGE ON RIGHT SIDE AND THE RIGHT LANDING LIGHT WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE RIGHT AILERON AND WING HAD MINOR DAMAGE. THE RIGHT DOWN LOCK BROKE IN TWO PIECES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED METAL FATIGUE. M & D REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N300SH (1)

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

- [Accident 20080315836549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080315836549A), Mar 15, 2008: Cessna 402B (N300SH), Fort Lauderdal, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was approaching fxe at approximately eight miles out and exteneded the landiing gear for landing. Only two gear lights illuminated. Pilot contacted…

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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