- Date
- January 7, 1985, 07:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N60SACessna C-402
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31278
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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
On 1/7/85 at about 0750 EST, N60SA, a Cessna 402 landed leftmain gear collapsed, on a commuter air taxi, positioning flight at maimi, FL. VMC prevailed at the time an IFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft received minor damage and the pilot, the sole occupantpant, reported no injuries. The flight originated at Miami, FL, at 0745 EST on 1/7/85. The pilot stated that after takeoff the nose gear and the right main gear retracted normally. The left main gear did not retract and the pilot stated he heard metalic grinding noises. The pilot contined to recycle the gear and attempted to lower the gear by emergency extension to no avail. He landed on runway 30 at Miami int'l. the left main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60SA
- Reported as
- Cessna C-402
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0254
- Airframe hours
- 14,504
- Engine
- Continental TSI0520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Caribbean Express
- Registered owner
- Pacific Air West Int'L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 15, 1984 · 758 hours before
- Departed
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Destination
- FLL · Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MIA · Miami Int'L, runway 30, 9,600 × 150 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,630 total · 540 in this make and model · 2,626 as pilot in command · 270 in the last 90 days · 39 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA