- Date
- June 12, 1993, 14:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kivalina, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N222JACessna 402
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930612020989A
- Case key
- 2358
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Probable cause
The failure of the pivot link for the downlock mechanism and the improper rigging of the landing gear locking mechanism by company maintenance personnel.
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.
Analysis
During the landing roll the pilot stated the right wing settled to the runway. Examination of the airplane showed that the pivot link between the push pull tubes and the over center link assembly failed. According to the repair station employed to repair the airplane, they checked the landing gear system rigging and found it to be out of tolerance.
Factual narrative
On June 12, 1993, at 1410 Alaska daylight time, a retractable gear, wheel equipped Cessna 402 airplane, N222JA, registered to and operated by Alaska Island Air of Anchorage, Alaska, experienced a right main gear collapse during the landing roll at Kivalina, Alaska. The air taxi flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 135, departed Kotzebue and the destination was Kivalina. A company flight plan was in effect and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The Airline Transport Certificated Pilot- in-Command, the sole occupant, was not injured and the airplane received substantial damage.
According to the Pilot-in-Command, the landing was normal and during the rollout when the airplane slowed to 40 knots, the right wing settled to the runway.
Examination of the airplane showed that the pivot link, which is the link between the push pull tubes and the over center link assembly, had failed. According to the Certificate Repair Station employed to repair the airplane, the landing gear system was out of rig.
The Company stated they submitted an NTSB Form 6120.1/2 to the FAA FSDO Office in Fairbanks. The FSDO Office has no record of having received this form.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222JA
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402-0151
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Alaska Island Air
- Registered owner
- Alaska Island Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OTZ · Kotzebue, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- KVL · Kivalina, runway 30, 3,000 × 80 ft, gravel
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.