# NTSB MIA85IA137: Cessna 402C, N2719T, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, March 30, 1985

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: March 30, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Coordinates: 26.090333, -80.150695 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0903&lon=-80.1507&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 11 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31283
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85IA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31283/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA137

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear strut - disconnected (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RWY 9R ON LANDING. INSPECTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE TORQUE LINK WASHERS ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD FAILED ALLOWING THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO ROTATE CAUSING THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. NO RECORD OF COMPLIANCE OF SERVICE LETTER ME83-87, MAIN LANDING GEAR SCISSOR WASHER REPLACEMENT WHICH DEALS WITH THIS TYPE OF OCCURRENCE COULD BE FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2719T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402CO237
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-VB 325 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Trans Air, Inc.
- Registered owner: Trans Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MYEM, NORTH ELUTHRA, OF
- Destination: FLL, FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: FLL, Ft. Lauderdale Int'L, runway 9, 5,316 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; commercial, airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 3,000 total, 915 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 17 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- 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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