# Accident 20080315836549A: Cessna 402B, Fort Lauderdal, FL, March 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2008, 14:31 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdal, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: B5MA
- Location: 26.1967° N, 80.1700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1967&lon=-80.1700&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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,685 total, 800 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080315836549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS APPROACHING FXE AT APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES OUT AND EXTENEDED THE LANDIING GEAR FOR LANDING. ONLY TWO GEAR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. PILOT CONTACTED TOWER AND HAD ASSISTANCE FROM CESSNA 172 TO ATTEMPT TO SEE IF GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT CLEARED TO LAND ON 26 AND ATTEMPTED LANDING. RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, PROPELLER STRUCK TARMAC AT APPROXIMATELY THE MIDDLE OF ACTIVE RUNWAY 13-31 AND CONTINUED FOR 1500 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SIX TAXI LIGHTS AND DESTROYED THE RUNWAY REMAINING DISTANCE SIGN BEFORE EXITING THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS.

## 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 MIA08LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA079), Mar 15, 2008: Cessna 402B (N300SH), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper adjustment of the right main landing gear down lock by maintenance personnel resulting in the gear collapse during the landing roll..

## Other reports on N300SH (1)

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

- [Incident 20060312005749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060312005749I), Mar 12, 2006: Cessna 402B (N300SH), Leesburg, FL, Minor damage. (-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…

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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