# Incident 20090815047899I: Cessna C402, St. Thomas, VI, August 15, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2009, 15:19 local time
- Place: St. Thomas, VI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: Q6JA
- Location: 18.3533° N, 64.9365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Thomas, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3533&lon=-64.9365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N403GC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C402
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,050 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090815047899I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 15, 2009, AT 1708 LOCAL, INSPECTOR STANLEY SANTIAGO WAS INFORMED BY THE SOUTHERN REGION COMMUNICATION CENTER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N403GC A CESSNA 402B EXPERIENCED A LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE UPON LANDING AT CYRIL E KING AIRPORT (STT) IN ST. THOMAS, U.S.V.I. AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT PRELIMINARY NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE STT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) INDICATED THAT AT 1919ZULU TIME AIRCRAFT N403GC LANDED ON RUNWAY 10 AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT SLID OFF RUNWAY INTO GRASS. STT ATCT CONTROLLER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONTACTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH LANDING GEAR INDICATION. WINDS 150/11 AND NO WINDSHEAR. CRASH AND RESCUE WERE ACTIVATED AND THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED FROM 1919 TO 1934 ZULU TIME. AIRCRAFT N403GC PILOT MR. LUCIANO BOZZOLO, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 2737804, WAS CONTACTED. MR. BOZZOLO STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS SMOOTH AND NORMAL. HE ALSO STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY THREE SECONDS AFTER HE LANDED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT EVENTUALLY VEERED TO THE GRASS IN THE LEFT AT MIDPOINT BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY. HE SECURED ENGINES, SHUTDOWN ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AND EVACUATED ALONG WITH TWO PARAMEDICS ONBOARD. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. DAMAGE AS RESULT FORM THE INCIDENT INCLUDED LEFT PROPELLER BLADES, LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, LEFT WING TIP FUEL TANK, LEFT WING TIP RIB, LEFT AILERON, LEFT FUSELAGE SKIN NEAR PASSENGER ENTRY DOOR AND THE LEFT RETRACTABLE LANDING LIGHT. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS CAUSED DURING AIRCRAFT RECOVERY. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY AERO JET INTERNATIONAL DE PUERTO RICO, INC., A 14 CFR PART 135 OPERATOR, CERTIFICATE NUMBER Q6JA227M.

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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