# NTSB investigations: Cessna 402C: Nose gear collapsed

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 ANC97LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA150.md): Cessna 402C · Kivalina, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 15, 1997 · N2649Z · Substantial damage
  > An overstress fracture of the nose landing gear attachment. A factor associated with the accident was the rough landing area.
- [NTSB SEA94LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA058.md): Cessna 402C · Billings, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 7, 1994 · N2718Y · Substantial damage
  > The nose gear actuator froze. A factor to the accident was temperature extremes.
- [NTSB MIA91IA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91IA059.md): Cessna 402C · Marathon, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 31, 1990 · N155PB · Minor damage
  > Fatigue failure of a nose landing gear drag brace assembly which caused the nose landing gear to collapse during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was an inadequate inspection of the airplane approximately 7 hours earlier by company maintenance…
- [NTSB MIA85IA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA152.md): Cessna 402C · West Palm Beach, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 20, 1985 · N6879Y · Minor damage
  > The nose gear collapsed on touchdown. An exam of the nose gear actuating rod, the only positive down lock, revealed that it had been improperly adjusted.

## 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_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 192))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=207590R&occurrence=192

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