# Incident 20090405047429I: Cessna 402C, Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 5, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2009, 09:30 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EYLA
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N767PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N767PA-2013-11-25) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/20090405047429I

## Narrative

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

THIS AIRCRAFT N767PA A CESSNA 402C, SERIAL NUMBER 402C0259, WAS BEING OPERATED BY TWIN AIR AND WAS TAXING ON TAXIWAY GULF JUST SHORT OF RUNWAY 9R AT KFLL. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TOWARDS RUNWAY 9R, UPON APPROACHING RUNWAY 9R APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET SHORT OF THE HOLD POINT THE PILOT FELT LIKE THE NOSE GEAR WAS COLLAPSING AND SHUTDOWN BOTH ENGINES FEARING A PROPELLER STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE NOSE STRUT HAD BROKEN AND THAT THE NOSE TIRE WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET AFT OF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. THE FAA INSPECTOR ON SCENE TOOK NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS AND KFLL PERSONNEL GAVE PERMISSION TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT AT 09:45 A.M. A LOCAL FBO LIFTED THIS AIRCRAFT WITH A FORKLIFT AND PLACED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT ON A TRANSPORT DOLLY TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP..

## Other reports on N767PA (2)

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

- [Incident 20121025024749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121025024749I), Oct 25, 2012: Cessna 402C (N767PA), Fort Lauderdale, FL, No damage. On October 25th about 0830 EST shortly after take-off from Fort Lauderdale intl. Airport, Cessna 402C, registration number N767PA experienced low oil pressure…
- [Incident 20050724023599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050724023599I), Jul 24, 2005: Cessna 402C (N767PA), Eleuthera I, Bahamas, Minor damage. (-23) Cessna 402C, s/n 402C0259 experienced an r/h engine fire while re-starting the engine after it cut off during taxi for departure from Rock Sound island,…

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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