# Incident 20120216001679I: Cessna 402B, Fort Lauderdale, FL, February 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0725° N, 80.1528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0725&lon=-80.1528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402GZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 19,200 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12IA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12IA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120216001679I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 16, 2012, AT ABOUT 1330 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PIC) WAS FLYING AIRCRAFT N402GZ, A CESSNA 402B ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING AT FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KFLL) ON RUNWAY 9R, AND EXITING RUNWAY TO THE TAXIWAY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FELT THE RIGHT WING DROPPING DOWN UNTIL IT FINALLY RESTED ON TAXIWAY.  THE RIGHT ENGINE PROP STRUCK THE PAVEMENT SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADVISED TOWER OF THE INCIDENT AND BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESS THE AIRCRAFT. AIRPORT FIRE/ RESCUE RESPONDED ALONG WITH BROWARD COUNTY AIRPORT DIVISION.

## 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 ERA12IA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12IA187), Feb 16, 2012: Cessna 402B (N402GZ), Fort Lauderdale, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The overload fracture of the right main landing gear bellcrank and a securing bolt, which resulted in the collapse of the right main landing gear.

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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