# NTSB FTW84LA184: Cessna 402B, N5039Q, El Paso, TX, March 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 30, 1984, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Coordinates: 31.800397, -106.360717 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8004&lon=-106.3607&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): 21297
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21297/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA184

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, approach
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - jammed (cause)
  - gear extension - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING GEAR EXTENSION IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND FULLY EVEN THOUGH EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEEDURES WERE PERFORMED. THE PLT STEERED THE ACFT OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE RWY SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. ACFTINSPECTION REVEALED A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR STRUT WITH THE NOSE GEAR JAMMED IN THE RETRACT POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5039Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5039Q-1990-04-16), registration cancelled 1990-04-16, S/N 402B0346 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402B0346
- Airframe hours: 2950
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-E 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: Airways Of New Mexico Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 28, 1984, 5 hours before
- Departed: ROW, ROSWELL, NM
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ELP, El Paso Intl., runway 26R, 5,600 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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: 1,940 total, 232 in this make and model, 1,870 as pilot in command, 251 in the last 90 days, 80 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19840330009819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840330009819A), Mar 30, 1984: Cessna 402B, El Paso, TX, Substantial damage. Nose strut was flat causing nose gear to jam in wheel well. Landing was made with nose wheel retracted.

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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