- Date
- September 4, 1985, 15:51 local (22:51 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4597QCessna 402A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850904071329A
- Case key
- 24827
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.
Gear not extended
Gear extension - not selectedCause
Checklist - not performedCause
Analysis
The aircraft landed gear up. The pilot reported no malfunction and said he forget to lower the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4597Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402A0097
- Airframe hours
- 8,245
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E8, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Trends, Inc
- Registered owner
- Robert C. & William M.Holley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · August 6, 1985 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Airport
- RHV · Reid Hillview, runway 31R, 3,101 × 75 ft, asphalt
N4597QRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Cessna 402AAirframe modelCessna 402AEngine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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
- Flight instructor, 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
- 3,421 total · 12 in this make and model · 3,311 as pilot in command · 209 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RHV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.