# Accident 20130401005609A: Cessna 402C, Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 1, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2013, 16:43 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: VQ-TIN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL GTSIO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 8,500 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130401005609A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 01/2013 A CESSNA 402C REG VQ-TIN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT  AT KFXE RWY 13. THIS CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ENGINES /PROPELLERS AND THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT UNDERWENT MAINTENANCE AT EAMS (E.A. MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC.) AN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE COMPANY AT KFXE AIRPORT. THE WORK PERFORMED WAS DETAILED ON EAMS W.O. 888 AND WAS AUTHORIZED VIA BY THE CAA (TURK & CAICOS ISLANDS) APPROVAL REF: OTAR PART 145-TCI-005/F. THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE TO BE PERFORMED WAS DOCUMENTED ON CAICOS EXPRESS AIRWAYS AMO ADDITIONAL WORKSHEETS #CAA/TC/007 AND MAINTENANCE RELEASE WAS DONE BY MR. DONALD PIETERS AUTHORIZED BY CAICOS EXPRESS AIRWAYS. AFTER THE MAINTENANCE RELEASE ON APRIL/01/2013 THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KFXE, UPON GEAR RETRACTION THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. THE PILOT SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN AND CONFIRMED DOWN AND LOCKS WITH COCKPIT INDICATOR LIGHTS LANDED AT KFXC AND ON ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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