- Date
- June 9, 1982, 10:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Grayling, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5718MCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820609071089A
- Case key
- 70893
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The left main landing gear collapsed during landing rollout. Part of the landing gear system failed in shear overstress.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Main gear collapsed
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5718M
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0354
- Airframe hours
- 1,059
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-EB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Federal Aviation Administratio
- Registered owner
- Terry & Francis Yager
- Departed
- Bethel, AK
- Destination
- Grayling, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KGX · Grayling, runway 33, 2,500 × 100 ft, gravel
N5718MRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Cessna 402BAirframe modelCessna 402BEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,522 total · 104 in this make and model · 5,272 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 133 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5718M · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC88FA111Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportMt. Torbet, AKThe 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 ANC88IA013Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportCordova, AKThe 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 ANC75AA060Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBarrow, AK