# NTSB MIA83LA122: Cessna 402B, N13GM, Ft. Pierce, FL, April 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 12, 1983, 17:53 local (22:53 UTC)
- Place: Ft. Pierce, FL
- Location: 27.4975° N, 80.3726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TREASURE COAST INTL (FPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4975&lon=-80.3726&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30874
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA122
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30874/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA122

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - landing gear,gear warning system - inoperative (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - not corrected, unqualified person (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13GM-2015-05-08), registration cancelled 2015-05-08, S/N 402B0246, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830412012909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830412012909A), Apr 12, 1983: Cessna 402B, Ft Pierce, FL, Substantial damage. Forgot to extend the gear for landing. Landed gear up. Not rated in aircraft. Expired medical and no biennial check.

## Other investigations on N13GM (2)

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 LAX96LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA252), Jun 29, 1996: Cessna 402A (N13GM), Grand Canyon, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot to properly judge his altitude during final approach resulting in an undershoot. A factor was a downdraft weather condition.
- [NTSB MKC73FCQ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FCQ22), Dec 3, 1972: Cessna 402B (N13GM), Wichita, KS, substantial damage

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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