# NTSB investigations: Cessna 402C: Landing gear collapse

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ERA26LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA246.md): Cessna 402 · Provincetown, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Jun 15, 2026 · N499CA · Substantial damage
  > On June 15, 2026, about 0810 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 402C, N499CA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Provincetown Municipal Airport (PVC), Provincetown, Massachusetts. The airplane transport pilot (pilot flying) and…
- [NTSB ERA15LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA125.md): Cessna 402C · Isla de Vieques, PR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 10, 2015 · N223PB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a strong crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB ERA12IA550](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12IA550.md): Cessna 402C · Nantucket, MA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 2012 · N769EA · Minor damage
  > Company maintenance personnel’s failure to comply with the airplane manufacturer’s service instructions by not removing the cracked drag brace from service nor inspecting the repaired drag brace at the appropriate interval, which resulted in the failure of…
- [NTSB ERA09IA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09IA267.md): Cessna 402C · Nantucket, MA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 27, 2009 · N769EA · Minor damage
  > Installation of an improper bearing in the landing gear actuator.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('207590R')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '094' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence?model=207590R

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