- Date
- May 20, 1976
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8424FCessna 402
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760520014559A
- Case key
- 153855
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1165 76/5/20 PALO ALTO,CA CESSNA 402 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 9803 TIME - 1147 N8424F PX- 0 0 5 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERCED,CA PALO ALTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- R GR DOWNLOCK UPPER SUPPORT LUG FAILED & LOWER ATTACH BOLT SHEARED. MAINT ON GR 1 MONTH PRIOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8424F
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palo Alto
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.