# Incident 20090907049089I: Cessna 402C, New Bedford, MA, September 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2009, 10:32 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: New Beford Reigional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 41.6613° N, 70.9379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6613&lon=-70.9379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68752, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68752) (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: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 249 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090907049089I

## Narrative

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

CAPE AIR 945, C402, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK A CANADIAN GOOSE ON SHORT FINAL TO NEW BEDFORD, MASS. AT 1032 EDT. ON 9/7/09.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE IS DAMAGE  TO THE LEFT GEAR DOOR STRUT.  AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE, PASSENGERS DEPLANED NORMALLY.  AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO HYANNIS FOR MAINTENANCE.  MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N68752 (2)

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

- [Incident 20260620012629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260620012629I), Jun 20, 2026: Cessna 402C (N68752), Ack, MA, Minor damage. On 06/20/2025 at Nantucket Memorial Airport (Ack), [privacy data omitted], landed on runway 24 at approximately 1725Z. During the rollout, the aircraft…
- [Incident 20080326012369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080326012369I), Mar 26, 2008: Cessna 402C (N68752), Boston, MA, Minor damage. (-23) Daily report #11121: cape air, N68752, CE-402-C, flight #317, bos-mvy, while taxiing out from the gate area had a prop strike with an orange safety cone…

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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