# Incident 20080117832819I: Cessna 402C, Anchorage, AK, January 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2008
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Ted Stevens Anchorage International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ACSA
- Location: 61.1741° N, 149.9981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTL (ANC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1741&lon=-149.9981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N419RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N419RC-2009-07-08) (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: 12,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080117832819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM CORDOVA THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. HE CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WAS CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED WHETHER UP OR DOWN. ON LANDING AT ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL HE HELD THE NOSE OFF AS LONG AS HE COULD. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND BEGAN TO BEAR WEIGHT IT COLLAPSED ONTO THE NOSE CONE AND CAUSED BOTH PROPELLERS TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR WAS FOUND TO BE INTERNALLY CORRODED AND FULL OF CONTAMINANTS CAUSED BY ENTRY OF DIRT AND WATER AROUND THE SWITCH ATTACH POINT. A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TO SEAL THE SWITCH WITH A SPECIFIED SEALANT. THE REPAIR STATION STATED THAT IT APPEARED THE ACTUATOR WAS NOT REMOVED WHEN THE SEALANT WAS APPLIED TO THIS SPECIFIC ACTUATOR.

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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