# NTSB NYC88LA075: Cessna 402C, N29PB, Provincetown, MA, February 2, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 2, 1988, 10:08 local (15:08 UTC)
- Place: Provincetown, MA
- Location: 42.0723° N, 70.2207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PROVINCETOWN MUNI (PVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0723&lon=-70.2207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36090
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA075
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36090/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA075

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft performance,hydroplaning condition (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

THE CESSNA 402C WAS BEING POSITIONED FOR A SCHEDULED COMMUTER FLIGHT WITH ONLY A PILOT ON BOARD. THE PILOT MADE AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 7 WITH WINDS FROM 220 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS, THE RUNWAY WET AND LIGHT RAIN FALLING. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE END OF THE 3498 FT LONG RUNWAY RECEIVING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK A CEMENT BLOCK. THE FAA REPORTED THAT BOTH MAIN WHEELS SHOWED SIGNS OF REVERTED RUBBER HYDROPLANING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N29PB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402C-0257
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Provincetown Boston Airlines
- Registered owner: Provingtown-Boston Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: HYA, HYANNIS, MA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PVC, Provincetown Muni, runway 7, 3,498 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,651 total, 150 in this make and model, 2,600 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 100 ft
- Observed at: PVC

## 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 19880202003359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880202003359A), Feb 2, 1988: Cessna 402C, Provincetown, MA, Substantial damage. Downwind landing on a wet runway. Unable to stop, struck a cement block after running off the runway end.

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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