# Incident 20141205021189I: Cessna 402B, Kalispell, MT, December 5, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2014, 06:44 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Glacier Park International Air
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EFUA
- Location: 48.3105° N, 114.2560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLACIER PARK INTL (GPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3105&lon=-114.2560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N957EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N957EA-2018-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,265 total, 222 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141205021189I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 5, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 0644 MST, A CESSNA 402-B, N957EA, REGISTERED TO EXEC AIR MONTANA, INC., SUSTAINED A NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE ON TAKEOFF AT GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL (GPI) AIRPORT IN KALISPELL, MONTANA WHILE ON A PART 135 CARGO FLIGHT.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUNNION/STRUT SEPERATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FROM APPARENT EXTREME SIDE LOADING.  INSTRUMENT METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.   THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KGPI, WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF HELENA, MONTANA (KHLN).

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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