# NTSB FTW86FQG11: Cessna 402B, N4605N, Plainview, TX, February 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 22, 1986, 18:30 local (Feb 23, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Coordinates: 34.190109, -101.71981 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-101.7198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21946
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86FQG11
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21946/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FQG11

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, maneuvering
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft performance,climb capability - exceeded (cause)
  - propeller feathering - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED GEAR UP AFTER A PRACTICE SINGLE-ENG PROCEDURE. THE PLT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND WHEN THE LANDING WAS ABORTED DUE TO AN IMPROPER APPROACH. WHEN THE APPROACH PROCEEDED TO THIS POINT WITH AN INTENTIONALLY INOPERATIVE ENG THE GO-AROUND WAS NOT A PRACTICAL SOLUTION. WHEN THE PLT REALIZED THIS HE CONCLUDED THE FLT BY LANDING GEAR-UP ON THE ARPT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4605N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4605N-2014-10-09), registration cancelled 2014-10-09, S/N 402B1362, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402B1362
- Airframe hours: 4608
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-E 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lubbock Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 12, 1986, 36 hours before
- Departed: LBB, LUBBOCK, TX
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: PVW, Hale Co., runway 4, 5,197 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,302 total, 1,090 in this make and model, 3,923 as pilot in command, 195 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LBB, 24 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 19860222006059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860222006059A), Feb 22, 1986: Cessna 402B, Plainview, TX, Substantial damage. Engine feathered for practice. Go around on downwind landing aborted, no obstacle clearance. Landed gear up.

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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