# NTSB MIA85IA074: Cessna C-402, N60SA, Miami, FL, January 7, 1985

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: January 7, 1985, 07:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Coordinates: 25.820753, -80.300437 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8208&lon=-80.3004&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31278
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85IA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31278/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA074

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff - initial climb
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,partial (cause)
  - door,landing gear - worn (cause)
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - failure,total (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60SA-2015-05-08), registration cancelled 2015-05-08, S/N 402-0254, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-402
- Registry model: [Cessna 402](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (registry code 207590K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0254
- Airframe hours: 14504
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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

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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