# Incident 20140322003959I: Cessna 402C, St. Louis, MO, March 22, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2014, 16:05 local time
- Place: St. Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18VV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18VV-2024-12-21) (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-520VB10F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140322003959I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N18VV WAS ON A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. FOLLOWING SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR NORMALLY  THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. AN EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION ATTEMPT ALSO FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSTION. THE LANDING RESULTED IN NO SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE LANDING GEAR UPLOCK ACTUATOR WAS DETERMINED TO BE FAULTY NOT ALLOWING THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR  TO EXTEND. THIS HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N18VV (1)

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

- [Accident 20240917013899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240917013899A), Sep 17, 2024: Cessna 402C (N18VV), Boston, MA, Substantial damage. On September 17, 2024, at approximately 3 pm EDT, a hyannis air service part 135 (9 or less) commuter aircraft Cessna 402C departed from Boston Logan airport…

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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