- Date
- December 13, 1985, 03:15 local (09:15 UTC)
- Place
- Gardner, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3950CCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851213062169A
- Case key
- 34116
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - runwayFactor
Terrain condition - icyFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadCause
Analysis
Landing on an ice covered rwy, the cross-wind was stronger than rptd. The acft drifted left despite control input to correct. The nose gear collapsed before the plt could initiate a go-around. The rptd wind was 340 degrees at 8 knots. The plt stated it was about 15 to 20 knots at the landing site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3950C
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0827
- Airframe hours
- 9,272
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Priority Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1985 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- K34 · Gardner, KS
- Airport
- K34 · Gardner, runway 26, 2,280 × 26 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificates
- Commercial, 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
- 14,800 total · 600 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IXD, 3 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.