# NTSB SEA06LA011: Cessna 402B, N402CA, Sandpoint, ID, October 21, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 21, 2005, 15:50 local (22:50 UTC) - Place: Sandpoint, ID - Coordinates: 48.299446, -116.559997 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2994&lon=-116.5600&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 25, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 62728 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06LA011 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62728/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA011 ## Probable cause The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude, which led to him landing short of the runway and impacting the runway's elevated lip. Contributing factors were the elevated runway lip and the right main landing gear failure. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (cause) - distance/altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - other (contributing factor) - Gear collapsed, landing - roll ## Analysis The pilot said that the flight was normal and he extended the flaps to 45 degrees on one-half mile final for landing. He said that soon after touchdown, the right wing slowly began to fall to the ground. Subsequently, the right wingtip fuel tank impacted a runway light, which compromised the tank. Additionally, the right aileron received a deep gouge in it and the outboard bottom of the wing was damaged. The pilot certificated passenger said that the pilot said to him while on final approach, "watch me make the first taxiway [1,342 feet]." The passenger further stated that "the approach looked really slow." The pilot-passenger said that the resulting landing was "joltingly hard." He said that he was not sure if they had hit something. He said that after the right wing was down on the runway, he saw fuel draining from the right tip tank, and after the airplane came to rest, he exited through the rear door. There was no post landing fire. A construction employee, who was acting as a ground traffic-safety person at the approach end to runway 01, said she observed the airplane land in the dirt, short of the runway. She said that it looked like the airplane landed "very hard", and then it bounced into the air. One of the fixed base operations employees stated that he saw the airplane on a steep final approach. He said that he lost sight of the airplane behind a building, but then saw the airplane perform its "second landing." The employee said the approach end to runway 01 has a 1 to 2 inch lip from the terrain to the surface of the runway. ## Factual narrative On October 21, 2005, at approximately 1550 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 402B, N402CA, was substantially damaged during a landing attempt at the Sandpoint Airport, Sandpoint, Idaho. The commercial pilot and his passenger were not injured. Aeroflight Executive Service, Inc., was operating the flight under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country, positioning flight which originated approximately 35 minutes before the accident. A company VFR flight plan was on file. The pilot said that the flight was normal and his approach to landing was normal; however, flaps were extended to 45 degrees on one-half mile final. He said that as the wheels touched down, the gear warning horn began to sound and the right wing slowly began to fall to the ground. The pilot said that from this point on he had no directional control of the airplane, and it departed the right side of the runway. Subsequently, the right wingtip fuel tank impacted a runway light, which compromised the tank. Additionally, the right aileron received a deep gouge in it and the outboard bottom of the wing was damaged. The pilot certificated passenger said, in a telephone interview with a Federal Aviation Inspector, that the pilot said to him while on final approach, "watch me make the first taxiway [1,342 feet]." The passenger further stated that "the approach looked really slow." The pilot-passenger said that the resulting landing was "joltingly hard." He said that he was not sure if they had hit something. He said that after the right wing was down on the runway, he saw fuel draining from the right tip tank. He said that after the airplane came to rest, he exited through the rear door; there was no post landing fire. A construction employee, who was acting as a ground traffic-safety person at the approach end to runway 01, said she observed the airplane land in the dirt, short of the runway. She said that it looked like the airplane landed "very hard", and then it bounced into the air. One of the fixed base operations employees stated that he saw the airplane on a steep final approach. He said that he lost sight of the airplane behind a building, but then saw the airplane perform its "second landing." The employee said the approach end to runway 01 has a 1 to 2 inch lip from the terrain to the surface of the runway. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N402CA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402CA-2015-03-11), registration cancelled 2015-03-11, S/N 402B0842, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 402B - Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 402B0842 - Airframe hours: 10939 - Engines: Continental TSIO-520-E 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Ferry, Part 91 - Registered owner: Aerolease of America Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, October 1, 2005, 28 hours before - Departed: SFF, Spokane, WA - Destination: SZT, Sandpoint, ID - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: SZT, Sandpoint Airport, runway 01, 5,502 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 28; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review September 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 1,212 total, 132 in the last 90 days, 35 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Other flight crew; age 24; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review September 1, 2005; seat: right; flight hours: 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 20° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.22 inHg - Observed at: GEG, 54 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 20051021027039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051021027039A), Oct 21, 2005: Cessna 402B, Sandpoint, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 21, 2005, at approximately 1535 local time, a Cessna 402B, N402CA piloted by the pilot [privacy data omitted] was substantially damaged during… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.