# NTSB MKC86LA034: Cessna 402B, N3950C, Gardner, KS, December 13, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 13, 1985, 03:15 local (09:15 UTC)
- Place: Gardner, KS
- Coordinates: 38.809326, -94.919509 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8093&lon=-94.9195&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): 34116
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34116/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA034

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0827
- Airframe hours: 9272
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851213062169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851213062169A), Dec 13, 1985: Cessna 402B, Gardner, KS, Substantial damage. Nose gear collapsed sideways after aircraft began to veer on icy runway.

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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