# Incident 20091121052219I: Cessna 402C, Hyannis, MA, November 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2009, 19:35 local time
- Place: Hyannis, MA
- Airport: Barnstable Municipal-Boardman/Polan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 41.6529° N, 70.2828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hyannis, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6529&lon=-70.2828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N494BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N494BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- 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/20091121052219I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH AN UNSAFE NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATION. AFTER NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND HYDRAULICALLY, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO BLOW THE NOSE GEAR DOWN USING NITROGEN, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PULL THE CABLE HARD ENOUGH TO RELEASE THE NITROGEN.  THE NOSE GEAR NEVER EXTENDED, AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN AND THE NOSE GEAR STILL UP.  UPON INSPECTION, THERE WAS A PIN-HOLE IN AN ALUMINUM HYDRAULIC LINE IN THE LEFT WING CAUSING FLUID LOSS.  THERE WAS ENOUGH FLUID TO BRING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO EXTEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N494BC (1)

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

- [Incident 20210528011879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210528011879I), May 28, 2021: Cessna 402C (N494BC), Boston, MA, Minor damage. During company repositioning flight from ack to bos where VMC conditions prevailed. On approach the landing gear handle was positioned to extend position were…

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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