# Accident 20090310012539A: Cessna 402B, Aberdeen, SD, March 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2009, 07:40 local time
- Place: Aberdeen, SD
- Airport: Aberdeen Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DUFA
- Location: 45.4492° N, 98.4219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4492&lon=-98.4219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402BP-2012-09-24) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,880 total, 60 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090310012539A

## Narrative

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

THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 03-10-09 AT 0740 CDT AT ABERDEEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ABERDEEN, SD.  PILOT WAS COMING IN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31 AND WITH ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCH OF ICE ON THE AIRCRAFT.  DURING HIS FLARE ON LANDING THE PILOT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AND MADE A HARD LANDING WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR, RIGHT PROP, RIGHT FLAP AND NOSE GEAR.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## 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 CEN09LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA206), Mar 10, 2009: Cessna 402B (N402BP), Aberdeen, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather and icing conditions, and his failure to maintain aircraft control resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the accumulation of…

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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