# NTSB ATL87LA022: Cessna 402C, N6786P, Fremont, OH, November 18, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 18, 1986, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Fremont, OH
- Coordinates: 41.350746, -83.110488 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3507&lon=-83.1105&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7348
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7348/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA022

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ABOUT FIVE FEET ABOVE THE RWY WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND. THE ACFT ROCKED FROM SIDE TO SIDE DURING THE APCH AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6786P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402CO415
- Airframe hours: 1796
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-VB 325 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Northeast Airways
- Registered owner: M. Alfieri Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 28, 1986, 44 hours before
- Departed: MMU, MORRISTOWN, NJ
- Destination: 14G, FREMONT, OH
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 14G, Fremont, runway 9, 4,045 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; flight instructor, airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,625 total, 240 in this make and model, 5,410 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 14 knots, gusting 23
- Lowest ceiling: 500 ft
- Temperature: 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FDY, 30 nm away

## 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 19861118065819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861118065819A), Nov 18, 1986: Cessna 402C, Fremont, OH, Substantial damage. The aircraft encountered windshear during landing which resulted in a hard touchdown.

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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