# Incident 20140925017589I: Cessna 402C, Saranac Lake, NY, September 25, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2014, 11:25 local time
- Place: Saranac Lake, NY
- Airport: Adirondack Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 44.3853° N, 74.2062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADIRONDACK RGNL (SLK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3853&lon=-74.2062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N406GA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N406GA) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140925017589I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 25, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:10 LOCAL TIME, CAPEAIR FLIGHT 1029 WAS CLEARED FOR, AND EXECUTING, AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 AT THE SLK AIRPORT. WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR DURING THE APPROACH, THE PILOT NOTED A FAULT INDICATION ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR.  THE PILOT EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH AND ATTEMPTED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE FAULTED GEAR INDICATION, WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC AND COMMITTED TO A GEAR UP LANDING AT THE SLK AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 23. UPON LANDING, THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET ALONG THE RUNWAY, VEERED TO THE RIGHT, AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 3200 FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PASSENGERS AND CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  LATER EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO DEPOLY DUE TO A FAILED HYDRAULIC UP-LOCK ACTUATOR.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS LARGELY COSMETIC, WITH MINOR CHAFFING TO THE TRAILING EDGES OF THE RIGHT SIDE FLIGHT CONTROLS; THE OUTBOARD, UNDER-SIDE OF THE RIGHT WING TIP; AND RIGHT-SIDE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N406GA (1)

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

- [Incident 19991007027619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991007027619I), Oct 7, 1999: Cessna 402C (N406GA), Providence, RI. (-23) Pilot observed smoke coming from aircraft exiting runway 34 turning onto runway 23L (which was being used as a taxiway). Shut off fuel, secured engines…

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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