# NTSB LAX88LA096: Cessna 402C, N6842Q, Prescott, AZ, January 18, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 18, 1988, 09:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Location: 34.6548° N, 112.4192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRESCOTT RGNL/ERNEST A LOVE FLD (PRC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6548&lon=-112.4192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25942
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25942/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA096

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - whiteout (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - improper training, company/operator management (contributing factor)
  - insuff standards/requirements,operation/operator, company/operator mgmt (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6842Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402C0501
- Airframe hours: 6024
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-VB 325 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Golden Pacific, doing business as Golden Pacific Airlines
- Registered owner: Prudential Savings And Loan
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, January 8, 1988, 30 hours before
- Departed: PHX, PHOENIX, AZ
- Destination: PRC, PRESCOTT, AZ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PRC, Love Field, runway 21, 7,608 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; airline transport, flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,574 total, 423 in this make and model, 4,200 as pilot in command, 364 in the last 90 days, 99 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PRC

## 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 19880118001409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880118001409A), Jan 18, 1988: Cessna 402C, Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. Encountered whiteout conditions landed hard on the snow covered runway. Operations manual prohibits snow landing.

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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