# Incident 20061209027619I: Cessna 402B, Las Vegas, NV, December 9, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2006, 10:42 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OEZA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N767EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N767EA-2008-12-17) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,472 total, 107 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061209027619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 9, 2006 PILOT DEPARTED BOULDER CITY AIRPORT (61B) FOR GRAND CANYON AIRPORT (GCN) WITH 5 PAX ABOARD. PILOT REPORTED HE HEARD A LOUD POP WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. UPON ARRIVING AT GCN AIRPORT PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND THERE WAS NO GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR. THE GEAR WAS RECYCLED AND MANUAL EXTENSION TRIED TO NO AVAIL. A FLY-BY WAS DONE AT GCN TOWER WHICH VERIFIED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO LAS VEGAS (VGT) AIRPORT WHERE PROPER EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT COULD BE USED. AFTER A FLY-BY AT VGT TOWER AND COMPANY GROUND PERSONNEL IT WAS CONFIRMED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS TRAILING AT 45 DEGREES. WITH M/L/G DOWN AND LOCKED LANDED AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 7, ON TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WENT OVER CENTER AND LOCKED, LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT 1042 PST. PILOT AND COMPANY FOLLOWED ALL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. UPON INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ADJUSTING FORK BOLT (P/N 5045211-2) HAD SHEARED AT THE FIRST THREAD. A MECHANICAL INTERRUPTION REPORT AND SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT WAS FILED WITH FSDO.

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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