# Accident 20100201026919A: Cessna 402C, Watertown, NY, February 1, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2010, 15:15 local time
- Place: Watertown, NY
- Airport: Watertown International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 43.9883° N, 76.0197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9883&lon=-76.0197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N121PB-2023-12-10) (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: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 1,374 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100201026919A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND AT WATERTOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY APPROACH.  THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED THE AIRPORT WEATHER FROM THE ASOS AS BEIN WIND 230 AT 8 KNOTS.  UPON DESCENT, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR INDICATED 104 KNOTS.  THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND DESCENDED BELOW 4000 FEET, AND NOTICED THE AIRSPEED DECREASED TO BELOW 90 KNOTS.  THE PILOT, WHILE FLYING OVER THE AIRPORT, NOTICED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE VACINITY OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 25, AND DECIDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 07.  THE PILOT FIRST TOUCHED DOWN AT THE 1000 FOOT MARK ON RUNWAY 07, AND BALLOONED BACK INTO THE AIR.  THE AIRCRAFT FINALLY HAD ALL THREE TIRES ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY AT THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, BUT FELT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT STOP ADEQUATELY BECAUSE OF ICE ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 366 FEET AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ERA10LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA128), Feb 1, 2010: Cessna 402C (N121PB), Watertown, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue the approach with a known anomaly with the left airspeed indicator. Contributing to the accident was an undetermined malfunction of the left airspeed indicator and…

## Other reports on N121PB (5)

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

- [Incident 19970125000799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970125000799I), Jan 25, 1997: Cessna 402C (N121PB), Provincetown, MA, Minor damage. Overran runway landing. Low ceiling fog standing water and 15 knot tailwind factors. Hdroplaned.
- [Incident 19900724034689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900724034689I), Jul 24, 1990: Cessna 402C (N121PB), New Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Struck a seagull with left wing tip during landing rollout. Continued to taxi to gate.
- [Incident 19861205081749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861205081749I), Dec 5, 1986: Cessna 402C (N121PB), Sturgeon Bay, WI, Minor damage. Struck a deer while attempting to stop aircraft after aborting takeoff.
- [Incident 19850207008329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850207008329I), Feb 7, 1985: Cessna 402C (N121PB), New Bedford, MA. Fuel flow gauge indicated low for takeoff. Aborted. Water in fuel flow gauge line. Cleaned and purged line.
- [Incident 19850205008339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850205008339I), Feb 5, 1985: Cessna 402C (N121PB), Hyannis, MA. Left main gear would not extend. Rejected landing. Gear down lock indicator switch replaced. .

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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