# NTSB MKC84LA118: Cessna 402, N3950C, Gardner, KS, April 5, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 5, 1984
- Place: Gardner, KS
- Coordinates: 38.810031, -94.920494 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8100&lon=-94.9205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33662
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33662/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA118

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airport facilities,obstruction marking - inadequate (cause)
  - runway maintenance - inadequate, airport personnel (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - wheels up landing - intentional, pilot in command

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING ON RWY 26 THE LEFT GEAR STRUCK AN OPEN UPHEAVAL OF DIRT & ASPHALT, COLLASPING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. A GO-AROUND WAS EXECUTED, & THE PLT LANDED ON RUNWAY 35 WITH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR RETRACTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3950C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402B0827
- Airframe hours: 7829
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-E 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Operator: 1
- Registered owner: Priority Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 30, 1984, 40 hours before
- Departed: MKC, KANSAS CITY, MO
- Destination: K34, GARDNER, KS
- Airport: K34, Gardner Muni, runway 35, 3,220 × 110 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,023 total, 125 in this make and model, 2,949 as pilot in command, 194 in the last 90 days, 130 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840405009159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840405009159A), Apr 5, 1984: Cessna 402B, Gardner, KS, Substantial damage. Damaged left main gear on short final by hitting a dirt mound on edge of thereshold then went around landed gear up

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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