- Date
- March 13, 1989, 12:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2882FCessna 402A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890313003499A
- Case key
- 32410
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Probable cause
The overload failure of the bellcrank for the left main gear retraction linkage assembly for an unknown reason.
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
Drg the landing roll, about 4000 ft down the 5002 ft rwy, the left main landing gear collapsed & the acft veered off the rwy. An exam revealed the bellcrank for the left main gear retraction linkage assembly had failed from overload, which allowed the gear to collapse. The reason for overload was not determined. The plt's last med cert was dated 6/6/83.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2882F
- Reported as
- Cessna 402A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402A0019
- Airframe hours
- 9,122
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rea, Lawrence E. (Jr.)
- Registered owner
- Rea, Lawrence E (Jr.)
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1989 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- TMB · Tamiami, runway 27R, 5,002 × 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.