# Accident 20180614015499A: Cessna 402C, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 14, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2018, 11:45 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AFWA
- Location: 26.0744° N, 80.1508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0744&lon=-80.1508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N322HA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N322HA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO 520
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,299 total, 378 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180614015499A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 14, 2018, AIR FLIGHT, INC. CERTIFICATE NUMBER AFWA297B DISPATCHED AN AIRCRAFT, N322HA A CESSNA 402C, FROM THEIR OPERATING BASE AT FORT LAUDERDALE, FL TO WEST PALM BEACH, FL, TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS TO FRESH CREEK, BAHAMAS. THE AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED WEST PALM BEACH @ APPROXIMATELY 08:30AM. AFTER 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE PILOT OBSERVED A LOW VOLT ANNUNCIATOR, SECONDS LATER THE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE AIRCRAFT HAD A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE PILOT CONTINUED WITH THE FLIGHT PLAN TO FRESH CREEK AND SOLICITED ASSISTANCE FROM ONE OF THE PASSENGERS TO HELP HIM PERFORM TROUBLESHOOTING CHECKS BY PERFORMING THE CHECKS, AS THE PASSENGER WOULD READ THE PROCEDURE; AFTERWARDS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE FLIGHT WITH NO ELECTRICAL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOW NEAR THE BIMINI ISLANDS AGAIN THE PILOT WENT THROUGH TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURE TRYING TO REGAIN ELECTRICAL POWER TO NO AVAIL. NOW ANALYZING HIS SITUATION NO ELECTRICAL POWER MEANT NO LANDING GEAR NORMAL ACTUATION POWER EXCEPT FOR THE EMERGENCY HYDRAULIC GEAR EXTENSION, THE PILOT PULLED THE EMERGENCY HANDLE, WHICH COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE CABLE AS HE PULLED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT THEN CALLED HIS BASE BY CELLPHONE AND ASK THEM TO CALL BIMINI AND HAVE THEM TO CHECK TO SEE IF HIS LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AS HE WOULD MAKE A LOW PASS THIS MANEUVER THE PILOT TRIED TWICE EACH TIME WITH THE SAME RESULTS NO LANDING GEAR, NO ELECTRICAL POWER. THE PILOT DECIDED TO FLY BACK TO FORT LAUDERDALE AND LAND. THE PILOT NOTIFIED FORT LAUDERDALE TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE A GEAR UP LANDING SUSTAINING NO PERSONAL INJURIES TO CREW MEMBERS OR PASSENGERS HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR18LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA209), Jun 14, 2018: Cessna 402 (N322HA), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left starter relay, which resulted in a loss of electrical power during the flight and the failure of the T-handle from the cable led to a forced landing with the landing gear…

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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