# Incident 20120831026359I: Cessna 402C, Nantucket, MA, August 31, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2012, 16:30 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 41.2531° N, 70.0603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2531&lon=-70.0603&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: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,450 total, 65 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12IA550](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12IA550) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120831026359I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED EXTENDED LANDING GEAR ON APPROACH TO NANTUCKET RUNWAY 24. PERFORMED LANDING CHECKLIST AND VERIFIED THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. LANDED ON THE MAINS AND LOWERED THE NOSE WHICH CONTINUED TO LOWER UNTIL THE FUSELAGE NOSE AREA CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.  NOTIFIED ATC AND EVACUATED THE PASSENGERS.

## 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 ERA12IA550](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12IA550), Aug 31, 2012: Cessna 402C (N769EA), Nantucket, MA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: Company maintenance personnel’s failure to comply with the airplane manufacturer’s service instructions by not removing the cracked drag brace from service nor inspecting the repaired drag brace at…

## Other reports on N769EA (2)

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

- [Incident 20110319003709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110319003709I), Mar 19, 2011: Cessna 402C (N769EA), San Juan, PR, Minor damage. 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…
- [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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