# Incident 20081209852259I: Cessna 402C, Hobbs, NM, December 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2008, 11:20 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Airport: Lea County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: B3NA
- Location: 32.6873° N, 103.2175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEA COUNTY RGNL (HOB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6873&lon=-103.2175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7802Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7802Q-2020-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 75 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081209852259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 9, 2008, AT 1120 MST, THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N7802Q WAS FLYING THE VOR APPROACH CIRCLE TO LAND.  JUST BEFORE LANDING THE ATC TOWER CALLED FOR THE PILOT TO CHECK GEAR DOWN.  THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND WENT AROUND STRIKING THE PROPELLERS ON THE GROUND.  THE PILOT CONTINUED TO FLY THE PATTERN, LOWERED THE GEAR AND LANDED NORMALLY.  THE PROPELLERS RECEIVED THE ONLY DAMAGE.  THERE WAS NO AIRFRAME DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

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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