- Date
- November 23, 1983, 10:43 local (15:43 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N24097Cessna 402
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831123058559A
- Case key
- 31066
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt in command related that he had no experience in the Cessna 402 acft. He reported that while on a local test flt with the second plt, who was experienced flying the acft, the right eng malfunctioned. The co-plt climbed the acft to 500 ft AGL and the tower cleared the flt for a landing on runway 27R. He stated the flt experienced no difficulty during the landing approach but the second plt rounded out too soon and the accident occurred when the acft stalled ontothe runway. During an interview the second plt stated that the plt in command was at the controls at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24097
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402A0007
- Airframe hours
- 2,168
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wendle R. Gaitor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 17, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- OPF · Opa Locka, runway 27R, 8,002 × 200 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Observed at
- OPF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.