# Incident 20110319003709I: Cessna 402C, San Juan, PR, March 19, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2011, 12:55 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N769EA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N769EA) (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: 5
- 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/20110319003709I

## Narrative

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

A DAILY REPORT RECEIVED FROM THE FAA SOUTHERN REGION OPERATIONS CENTER INDICATING THAT ON MARCH 19, 2011, AT 12:55 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), HYANNIS AIR SERVICE (DBA. CAPE AIR) FLIGHT KAP130 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT LUIS MUNOZ MARIN AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SJU) RUNWAY 10 AND WENT INTO GRASS AREA ON SIDE OF RUNWAY. FIVE PERSONS WERE ON BOARD, INCLUDING PILOT, AND NONE WERE INJURED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH CAPE AIR SAFETY REPORT ID 1158, DATED MARCH 21, 2011, AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF SJU RUNWAY 10 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:25 EST ENROUTE TO ANTONIO RIVERA RODRIGUEZ AIRPORT (VQS). ON FINAL TO VQS THE LANDING GEAR (LG) DOWN LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN LG HANDLE SELECTED DOWN. BOTH HYDRAULIC FLOW LIGHTS CAME ON STEADY WITH LG HANDLE SELECTED DOWN. PILOT DID A GO AROUND OVER VQS AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM SJU APPROACH TO HOLD AND PERFORM CHECKLISTS TO ANALYZE THE PROBLEM. PILOT WENT NORTH OF THE FAJARDO, PR LIGHTHOUSE TO PERFORM THE REQUIRED CHECKLIST. AFTER BLOWING THE LG DOWN, ONLY THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE LG INDICATED DOWN. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GET THE LEFT MAIN LG TO FALL AND LOCK DOWN BY GRAVITY, BUT THE LEFT LG FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT BRIEFED ALL PASSENGERS ON WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO EVACUATE THE AIRPLANE ONCE LANDED. PILOT FOLLOWED CHECKLIST AND LANDED ON SJU RUNWAY 10.AN ONSITE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTED. DURING THE EXAMINATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LEFT MAIN LG ACTUATOR LINE WAS DISCONNECTED. A CLOSER EXAMINATION OF THE LINE REVEALED THAT THE NIPPLE AND NUT WAS STILL ATTACHED AND TIGHTENED TO THE FITTING, BUT THE LINE WAS DISCONNECTED AND SEPARATED AROUND AN INCH FROM THE FITTING. A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND FOUND THAT THE DISCONNECTED LINE WAS FABRICATED AND INSTALLED PREVIOUS THE INCIDENT FLIGHT. THE LINE WAS REMOVED AND WAS EXAMINED CLOSER. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FLARE AT THE LINE END THAT BECAME DISCONNECTED WAS TOO SMALL. ALSO IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FABRICATED LINE WAS AROUND AN INCH SHORTER THAT THE PREVIOUS LINE. AN EIR WAS INITIATED BY THE PRIMARY MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR (PMI).

## Other reports on N769EA (2)

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- [Incident 20120831026359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120831026359I), Aug 31, 2012: Cessna 402C (N769EA), Nantucket, MA, Minor damage. Pilot reported extended landing gear on approach to Nantucket runway 24. Performed landing checklist and verified three green landing gear down lock lights…
- [Incident 20090427005789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090427005789I), Apr 27, 2009: Cessna 402C (N769EA), Nantucket, MA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft experienced a faulty gear indication during final. The left main landing gear indicator did not turn green indicating the gear was down and…

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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