# NTSB LAX88LA296: Cessna 402C, N5715C, Prescott, AZ, August 25, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1988, 08:53 local (15:53 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: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 4, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26088
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA296
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26088/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA296

## Sequence of events

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

- Complete gear collapsed, taxi
  - airport facilities,taxiway condition - congested (contributing factor)
  - monitoring - inadequate, airport personnel (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING, IN ORDER TO CLEAR A PARKED AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT, THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRAVELED OFF THE ASPHALT. THE AIRPLANE PIVOTED 90 DEGREES FROM THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR. MEASUREMENTS OF THE TAXIWAY AND THE WINGSPAN OF THE AIRPLANE, REVEALED THAT THE PILOT HAD TO MANEUVER MORE THAT 3 FT BUT LESS THAN 7 FT LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE AIRPLANE ON THE RIGHT AND TO REMAIN ON THE TAXIWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5715C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5715C-2018-01-25), registration cancelled 2018-01-25, S/N 402C0024, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Registry model: [Cessna 402C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (registry code 207590R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5715C
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-VB 325 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Golden Pacific
- Registered owner: Becker, William W.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: PHX, PHOENIX, AZ
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: PRC, Prescott

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 2,540 as pilot in command, 268 in the last 90 days, 100 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- 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 19880825035209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880825035209A), Aug 25, 1988: Cessna 402C, Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. Parked aircraft too close to taxiway. Left centerline for clearance. Gear went off taxiway hit rut and collapsed.

## Other investigations on N5715C (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA95LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA016), Nov 1, 1994: Cessna 402C (N5715C), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear upper barrel and trunion assembly due to overstress separations, resulting in the collapse of the left main landing gear on landing rollout.

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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