- Date
- February 18, 1986, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rochester, MN
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3940CCessna 402B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860218006109A
- Case key
- 13427
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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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.
Undershoot
Weather condition - icing conditionsFactor
Planned approach - poorCause
Airspeed - improperCause
Hard landing
Complete gear collapsed
Analysis
During a ILS approach in freezing rain conditions the pilot entered a high sink rate he could not stop until ground contact. The acft touched down short of the rwy and all three landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3940C
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 40280819
- Airframe hours
- 2,913
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hinson Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1985 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- GRR · Grand Rapids, MI
- Destination
- RST · Rochester, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RST · Rochester Muni, runway 13, 7,535 × 150 ft, asphalt
N3940CRegistration cancelled May 31, 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
- 59
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,970 total · 357 in this make and model · 6,684 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RST
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.