Cessna402

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September 2, 2021, Enterprise, Ore. Cessna 172E Skyhawk At about 1130 Pacific time, the airplane was substantially damaged when its nose wheel assembly failed and it departed the runway before nosing over onto its back. The pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual conditions prevailed. Just prior to lifting off from a grass strip, the […]

The airplane was substantially damaged at 1635 Eastern time when its nose landing gear collapsed during landing rollout. The airline transport pilot was not injured. Visual conditions prevailed; an IFR flight plan had been filed. The flight’s purpose of the flight was to return the airplane to its foreign base after maintenance.

At about 1848 Eastern time, the airplane experienced a total loss of power from both engines but was not damaged during a forced landing. Visual conditions prevailed for the Part 135 scheduled domestic passenger flight from Key West, Fla., to Fort Myers, Fla. The airline transport pilot and six passengers were not injured. Before departure, the pilot noted the left and right fuel quantity gauges indicated 300 and 200 pounds, respectively, and took off with each tank feeding its engine. Approaching Naples, the left fuel quantity gauge was still indicating 300 pounds but the left was indicating below 50 pounds. He thought it was an indicator problem.

At 0838 Mountain time, the airplane was substantially damaged during landing when its left main landing gear collapsed. Instrument conditions prevailed. The non-scheduled Part 135 domestic cargo flights airline transport pilot was not injured. The pilot later reported the left main landing gear indicator failed to illuminate when he put down the gear. After a go-around, he raised the gear and lowered it again, with the same result. After a tower fly-by, the pilot elected to land with the unsafe gear indication. On landing, the left main landing gear collapsed and the airplane departed the side of the runway, striking a taxiway sign. Examination of the airplane revealed a left main landing gear actuator rod was fractured.

At about 1128 eastern time, a Cessna 402C on a post-maintenance test flight experienced a separation of the upper and lower link assemblies of the left main landing gear while landing at Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The airplane was landing after a five-minute flight when it veered to the left and came to rest at the edge of the runway. The left main landing gear wheel assembly had rotated 15-20 degrees to the left from the normally installed position. The upper and lower link assemblies were not connected to each other. The airplane was towed to the ramp where the landing gear was repaired before NTSB or FAA inspection….

At about 1220 eastern time, a Cessna 402B ditched in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 10 miles from Marathon Airport. The pilot sustained minor injuries. The pilot was returning to Tamiami Airport from Havana, Cuba, on a Part 135 flight when he detected a strong smell of fuel in the cabin. The airplane instruments did not indicate a problem, but a few minutes later he smelled burning and noticed a small fire on top of the right engine cowling. He secured the engine. The smell of fuel worsened and the left engine started missing and sputtering and he ditched the airplane. He was rescued by a boat after being in the water for about 20 minutes….

About 19:02 EST, a Cessna 402B on a training flight was lost from radar and is presumed destroyed in Lake Okeechobee, about 12 miles northwest of the Pahokee Airport. The three occupants are presumed dead. The flight originated from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and proceeded directly to the Pahokee VOR, where it tracked outbound on the 334 radial (the instrument procedure for the VOR approach calls for the 342 radial). The last radar contact showed them at an altitude of 1,300 feet agl, 12 miles out along the 334-degree radial. Searchers recovered an airplanes nose cone, and a positive identification was made by the airlines chief operating officer….

At 09:16 CDT, a Cessna 402C broke up during cruise flight, killing the pilot. The flight was operating as a Part 135 on-demand cargo flight from Dallas to Oklahoma City. The airplane was level at 6,000 feet msl and the pilot had visual contact with traffic that was going to pass him. He was cleared to descend from 6,000 feet msl to 4,000 feet msl. The pilot acknowledged the clearance and said he was beginning the descent. Witnesses reported that the airplane was level at approximately 1,000 feet agl, when the wing departed the aircraft. They also reported that they did not see any other airplanes in the area at the time of the wing separation….

At 14:50 PDT, a Cessna 402A struck two school buses while making a forced landing on a roadway -mile from the Van Nuys airport. The aircraft apparently ran out of fuel while on approach to the airport. The pilot was not injured, and one bus driver and one child suffered minor injuries. The other driver and 45 other children were not injured. The aircraft touched down about 600 feet north of an intersection and rolled south. At the same time, two school buses were approaching the intersection on a cross street, both traveling in opposite directions. As the buses entered the intersection on a green light, the wing tips of the aircraft struck the front of each bus. Both wing tips (main tanks)…