- Date
- April 25, 1986, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N401NACessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860425018799A
- Case key
- 31611
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that upon arrival at his destination he could not get his landing gear to extend. He then returned to Opa Locka airport where he intentionally landed with the gear up. Post crash investigation of the acft revealed that the landing gear would not come down normally due to the down limit micro switch being stuck in the open position allowing no electrical power to activate the gear motor toward the down position. Also the gear could not be manually cranked down because the drive chain on the emergency system was disconnected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N401NA
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0035
- Airframe hours
- 749
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Caribbean Express
- Registered owner
- Mac Ronomics Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Destination
- MYAT · Treasure Cay, OF
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OPF · Opalocka, runway 9R, 3,503 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 5,700 as pilot in command · 245 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 6 nm away
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 N401NA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.