# Accident 20070910019549A: Cessna 402B, Hobbs, NM, September 10, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2007, 09:38 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Airport: Lea County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N3BA
- Location: 32.7297° N, 103.1594° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7297&lon=-103.1594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402BF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402BF-2009-08-24) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070910019549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 0938 MDT, N402BF, A CESSNA MODEL CE-402B, WAS ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY 13 AT LEA COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (KHOB) IN HOBBS, NEW MEXICO. THE PILOT INFORMED THE TOWER HE WAS GOING TO ENTER RIGHT DOWNWIND TO CHECK A GEAR DOWN LIGHT. ON THE RIGHT DOWNWIND, THE PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT THE BULB WAS BURNED OUT. UPON LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED, HITTING A RUNWAY SIGN AND COMING TO A HALT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 DEN07LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA156), Sep 10, 2007: Cessna 402B (N402BF), Hobbs, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear down lock due to overload causing the main landing gear to collapse.

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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