# Incident 20210528011879I: Cessna 402C, Boston, MA, May 28, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2021, 14:14 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N494BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N494BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,964 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210528011879I

## Narrative

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

DURING COMPANY REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM ACK TO BOS WHERE VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ON APPROACH THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS POSITIONED TO EXTEND POSITION WERE THE MAIN GEARS EXTENDED AND LOCKED WHILE THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE ALTERNATE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM ACTIVATION WAS ATTEMPTED WITH NO POSITIVE RESULTS. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO NOSE AREA AND PROPELLER DAMAGE AND ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED A MALFUNCTIONED LH HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LINE PREVENTING POSITIVE SYSTEM PRESSURE TO PROPERLY OPERATE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION CYCLE.

## Other reports on N494BC (1)

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

- [Incident 20091121052219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091121052219I), Nov 21, 2009: Cessna 402C (N494BC), Hyannis, MA, Minor damage. Aircraft declared an emergency with an unsafe nose landing gear indication. After nose landing gear failed to extend hydraulically, the pilot attempted to blow…

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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