# Accident 20240917013899A: Cessna 402C, Boston, MA, September 17, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2024, 15:20 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 42.3682° N, 71.0090° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3682&lon=-71.0090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18VV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18VV-2024-12-21) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,777 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA386) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240917013899A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM EDT, A HYANNIS AIR SERVICE PART 135 (9 OR LESS) COMMUTER AIRCRAFT CESSNA 402C DEPARTED FROM BOSTON LOGAN AIRPORT ENROUTE TO BAR HARBOR AIRPORT.  ON CLIMB OUT, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HYDRAULIC FLOW LIGHTS FLICKERED. ONCE LEVEL AT 7000FT, THE PIC POSITIONED LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE TO THE EXTEND POSITION.

ONLY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR EXTENDED, AND LH LIGHT ILLUMINATED GREEN. HYDRAULIC FLOW LIGHTS WENT FROM FLICKERING TO STEADY. PIC MADE THE DECISION TO RETURN TO BOSTON.  THE GEAR LIGHTS INDICTED PROPERLY WITH "PRESS TO TEST".  THE PIC PULLED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE. THERE WAS NO CHANGE OF LIGHTS OR ANY INDICATION/NOISE THAT THE GEAR HAD EXTENDED. THE PIC NOTIFIED THE COMPANY MAINTENANCE THAT THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION DID NOT WORK.  AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FIRST ON RUNWAY 4L, THE NOSE AND RIGHT-WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE LH AND RH PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND CAUSING LH AND RH ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE, AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE CONTACTED RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. THE IMPACT TO THE WING CAUSED A FUEL LEAK, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE/SMOKE/DEBRIS.

## 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 ERA24LA386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA386), Sep 17, 2024: Cessna 402 (N18VV), Boston, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of a solid hydraulic fluid line, which resulted in a loss of hydraulic fluid that prevented the landing gear extension process from completing normally. Contributing to the outcome was…

## Other reports on N18VV (1)

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

- [Incident 20140322003959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140322003959I), Mar 22, 2014: Cessna 402C (N18VV), St. Louis, MO, Minor damage. Aircraft N18VV was on a maintenance test flight. Following several attempts to extend the landing gear normally the right main gear would not extend. An…

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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