- Date
- March 18, 1992, 13:08 local (18:08 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N69SCCessna 402C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33010
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Probable cause
The total failure of the main landing gear uplock and sequencing valve for undetermined reasons.
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
The PIC departed on a 14 CFR part 135 commuter air carrier passenger flight to the destination airport. On arrival and after conducting the before landing check the left main landing gear would not extend. The nose gear and right landing gear extended but would not retract. Emergency landing gear extension was attempted by the flight crew with negative results. The PIC requested and received clearance back to the departure airport. Upon arrival emergency landing gear extension was attempted with negative results. A landing was accomplished to the runway resulting in minor damage to the airplane. The two crewmembers and two passengers were not injured. Examination of the airplane by maintenance personnel revealed the main landing gear sequencing valve failed for undetermined reasons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69SC
- Reported as
- Cessna 402C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402C0041
- Airframe hours
- 6,392
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Gulfstream Int'L Airlines Inc
- Registered owner
- Sam Leasing And Sales Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 16, 1992 · 13 hours before
- Destination
- RSD · Rock Sound, OF
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- MIA · Miami International, runway 12, 9,355 × 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
- Certificate
- 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
- 4,496 total · 996 in this make and model · 2,530 as pilot in command · 141 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 1 nm away
Other investigations on N69SC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.