- Date
- August 30, 1989, 18:19 local (Aug 31, 1989, 01:19 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CGRKRCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40931
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Probable cause
The landing gear down lock mechanism failure.
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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,gear locking mechanism - failure,totalCause
Fire
Analysis
At the end of the flight during the landing roll, the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane skidded down the runway and came to rest just off the runway edge. The left main fuel tank ruptured and ignited the fuel. Upon inspection of the gear mechanism it was found that the down lock link broke in the threaded area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGRKR
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B1354
- Airframe hours
- 5,864
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 129
- Registered owner
- Aztec Aviation Consulting,Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · August 20, 1989 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- YUR · Vancouver, OF
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SEA · Seattle-Tacoma Intl, runway 16R, 9,425 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 390 total · 17 in this make and model · 234 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEA