# Incident 20071231830259I: Cessna 402C, Reno, NV, December 31, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2007, 17:38 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MNVA
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36908, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36908) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071231830259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BEGAN WITH A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16R BUT SOMEHOW FORGOT TO EXTEND THE GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FIRST REALIZED THAT THE GEAR WASN'T DOWN AND LOCKED IN THE FLARE ABOUT THE TIME A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN WOULD BE TAKING PLACE. THE PILOT STATED THAT AT THIS POINT HE FIGURED HE WAS COMMITTED TO LANDING AND THAT A GO-AROUND WAS NO LONGER A POSSIBLE OPTION. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DECIDED TO IMMEDIATELY SELECT GEAR DOWN AND HOPE TO HOLD THE PLANE UP LONG ENOUGH FOR THE LANDING GEAR TO COME DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT IT WAS, HOWEVER, TOO LATE FOR THE GEAR TO EXEND; AND THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE BELLY WITHIN A COUPLE SECONDS. THE REPORTING INSPECTOR ASKED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PILOT WAS WEARING A NOISE-CANCELLING HEADSET AND DOES NOT RECALL HEARING THE GEAR HORN UNTIL AFTER HE WAS ON THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N36908 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880401020289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880401020289I), Apr 1, 1988: Cessna 402C (N36908), Savannah, GA, Minor damage. Thump on gear retraction. Had unsafe nose gear light. Used blow down. Nose gear collapsed landing. Drag brace broke

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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