- Date
- December 29, 1984, 15:26 local (20:26 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N402PBCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841229075229I
- Case key
- 31277
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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
During cruise flt, the acft suddenly nosed down & began vibrating. Remedial action was taken & an uneventful emerg landing was made. An exam revealed that the bolt, nut & cotter pin (used to attach the elevator trim control rod to the elevator trim tab) were missing. Company maintenance records showed that the missing components were removed on 12/28/84 & were installed on the morning of the incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N402PB
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402BO245
- Airframe hours
- 7,752
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Provincetown-Boston Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 28, 1984 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- JAX · Jacksonville, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Sanford
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,300 total · 150 in this make and model · 200 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFB
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 N402PB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.