# NTSB FTW84FA372: Cessna 402, N19DA, Dfw Airport, TX, August 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 17, 1984, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Dfw Airport, TX
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21146
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84FA372
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21146/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA372

## Sequence of events

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

- Abrupt maneuver, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - traffic pattern procedure - congested
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - planned approach - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - miscellaneous, pilot in command
  - overconfidence in aircraft's ability, pilot in command
- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - undetermined
  - fuel supply (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, A RWY CHANGE ACCEPTED LATE IN THE APCH REQUIRED A STEEP TURN AND RAPID DESCENT. AT APRX 400 FT AGL BOTH THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED BUT NEITHER ENG RESPONSED. THE ACFT LANDED IN UNIMPROIVED TERRAIN SHORT OF THE RWY COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. EXAM REVEALED NO DISCREAPANCIES IN THE ENG OR FUEL SYSTEM. BOTH ENG WERE TESTED AND RAN SATISFACTORILY. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WERE REPORTED BY THE PLT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19DA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19DA-1988-12-15), registration cancelled 1988-12-15, S/N 4020077 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402
- Registry model: [Cessna 402](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (registry code 207590K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402-0077
- Airframe hours: 2099
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-E 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dale A Rinehart
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 16, 1984, 4 hours before
- Departed: HBB, HOBBS, NM
- Destination: DFW, DFW AIRPORT, TX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: DFW, Dfw Airport, runway 17R, 11,388 × 200 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 17,000 total, 210 in this make and model, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 99 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DFW, 1 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 19840817044369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840817044369A), Aug 17, 1984: Cessna 402CESSNA, Dallas Fort Wor, TX, Substantial damage. Forgot to switch fuel selectors from aux to main tanks. Engines quit on final following abrupt maneuver.

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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