- Date
- April 12, 1983, 17:53 local (22:53 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Pierce, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13GMCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830412012909A
- Case key
- 30874
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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.
Analysis
The acft was landed wheels up. The pilot stated that he never heard the landing gear warning horn operate. Post accidentinvestigation showed that the landing gear operated properly but that the warning horn was inoperative. The pilot of theaccident acft held a single engine rating only and did not hold a current medical certificate. He was not qualified to act as PIC on this multi-engine acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13GM
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520 B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R. A. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1983
- Departed
- BCT · Boca Raton, FL
- Airport
- FPR · St. Lucie County, runway 9, 5,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 480 total · 40 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 15 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.
Other investigations on N13GM · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.