- Date
- April 20, 1985, 07:43 local (12:43 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6879YCessna 402C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850420056529I
- Case key
- 31285
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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.
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,gear locking mechanism - not engagedCause
Maintenance,adjustment - improperFactor
Analysis
The nose gear collapsed on touchdown. An exam of the nose gear actuating rod, the only positive down lock, revealed that it had been improperly adjusted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6879Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 402C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402C0612
- Airframe hours
- 1,530
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Aero Coach Aviation Int'L,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Quest International, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · April 17, 1985 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- FLL · Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
N6879YRegistration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Cessna 402CAirframe modelCessna 402CEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- 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
- 4,105 total · 1,503 in this make and model · 3,500 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
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 N6879Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.