# NTSB ANC83FA156: Cessna C-402B, N69384, Homer, AK, August 31, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 31, 1983, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Homer, AK
- Coordinates: 59.400547, -151.320068 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4005&lon=-151.3201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 8 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4054
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83FA156
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4054/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FA156

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

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 CAMP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69384](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69384-1991-04-17), registration cancelled 1991-04-17, S/N 402B0528 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-402B
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402B0528
- Airframe hours: 6227
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-E 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Wilburs Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 29, 1983, 63 hours before
- Departed: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Destination: JOHNSON CREEK, AK
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: Johnson Creek, runway 10, 2,500 × 60 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 6,534 total, 91 in this make and model, 6,459 as pilot in command, 196 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830831045609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830831045609A), Aug 31, 1983: Cessna 402B, Homer, AK, Substantial damage. Touched down short of threshold. Broke off landing gear then slid off the runway into a ditch. Too slow on final.

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.

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