# Accident 20171018014869A: Cessna 402B, St. Petersburg, FL, October 18, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2017, 15:44 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YHAA
- Location: 27.7519° N, 82.6531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7519&lon=-82.6531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N900CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900CR-2020-04-20) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 622 total, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171018014869A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 18, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1526 LOCAL, A CESSNA 402B DEPARTED TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KTPA) FOR SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSRQ). AT APPROXIMATELY 1544 LOCAL THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED LOSING BOTH ENGINES SHORTLY BEFORE LANDING ON A STREET IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE RIGHT WING TIP TANK WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT BY POWER LINES AND A LIGHT POLE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, STRIKING TWO VEHICLES AND A GATE, REMOVING THE LEFT WING TIP TANK.  A SMALL POST-IMPACT FIRE SCORCHED THE LEFT TIP TANK. THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS AND SURROUNDING AREAS AT THE SCENE WERE DEVOID OF ANY SIGNS OF FUEL.

## 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 ERA18LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA011), Oct 18, 2017: Cessna 402 (N900CR), St. Petersburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the onboard fuel, which resulted in fuel starvation, a total loss of power to both engines, and a subsequent forced landing.

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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