# NTSB investigations: Cessna 402B, AK

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 ANC03LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA065.md): Cessna 402B · Telida, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 2003 · N710WS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing site, which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear. A factor in the accident was a soft runway.
- [NTSB ANC95LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA077.md): Cessna 402B · Tuntutuliak, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 1995 · N710WS · Substantial damage
  > The airport maintenance personnel's inadequate maintenance of the runway by not replacing the yellow cones that marked the soft area. The soft area on the runway was a related factor.
- [NTSB ANC93LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA068.md): Cessna 402B · Kivalina, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 25, 1993 · N401NA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to check the condition of the runway before takeoff. The soft runway condition was a factor in the accident.
- [NTSB ANC88FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88FA111.md): Cessna 402B · Mt. Torbet, AK · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1988 · N5718M · Substantial damage
  > The on-demand-charter flight was to originally pickup passengers and cargo but a landing gear problem forced another airplane with a mechanic to be dispatched. The other airplane returned with the passengers and the accident airplane was repaired by the…
- [NTSB ANC88FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88FA019.md): Cessna 402B · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 9, 1987 · N969JW · Substantial damage
  > Drg arr in hvy traffic, reeve flt 726 (Boeing 727) & wilburs flt 304 (Cessna 402B, N969JW) recd radar adzys for visual apchs to rwys 6L & 6R, respectively. Subsequently, both flts were clrd to lnd. At 1555:04, the LCL twr ctlr transmitted that the wnd at the…
- [NTSB ANC88IA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88IA013.md): Cessna 402B · Cordova, AK · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 26, 1987 · N5718M · Minor damage
  > The company maintenance personnel were aware of a shimmy problem but they thought is was only worn bushings. The maintenance people stated they inspected the part but found no problem. The pilot-in-command also stated he found no problem upon visually…
- [NTSB ANC83FA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FA156.md): Cessna C-402B · Homer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 1983 · N69384 · Substantial damage
  > The acft landed short of the rwy threshold and separated the right main landing gear. The plt was trying to land close to the approach threshold because he was concerned about the length of the rwy. The rwy is a 2500 ft gravel level gradedstrip for a mining…
- [NTSB ANC82DA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA047.md): Cessna 402B · Grayling, AK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 9, 1982 · N5718M · Substantial damage
  > The left main landing gear collapsed during landing rollout. Part of the landing gear system failed in shear overstress.
- [NTSB ANC80FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA067.md): Cessna 402B · Golovin, AK · Accident · 8 fatal · Closed · Jul 12, 1980 · N90238 · Destroyed
- [NTSB ANC79FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA068.md): Cessna 402B · Anchorage, AK · Accident · 7 fatal · Closed · Jul 12, 1979 · N402TH · Destroyed
- [NTSB ANC79DA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DA007.md): Cessna 402 · Chignik Lake, AK · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 11, 1978 · N3963C · Substantial damage
- [NTSB ANC75AA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA060.md): Cessna 402B · Barrow, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Feb 28, 1975 · N5718M · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'AK' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('207590P'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=207590P&state=AK

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