Cessna 402B N8064Q

Summary

On 22 December 1984 at about 22:33 local time, a Cessna 402B registered N8064Q, operated by Falcon Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near Rochester, New York, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 December 1984 at 22:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Rochester, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Rochester-Monroe Co. (ROC)

Coordinates

43.1298, -77.7292

Aircraft

Cessna 402B

Registration

N8064Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Falcon Air, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rochester → Teterboro

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

NYC85FA047

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PRIOR TO TKF THE PLT WAS INFORMED OF WIND SHEAR AS CENTERFIELD WINDS AS 270 DEG AT 25 KTS GUST TO 46 KTS & NW BOUNDARY WINDS AS 280 DEG AT 13 KTS. DURING TKF THE PLT REPORTED AN OPENED DOOR & REQUESTED TO RETURN TO LAND. THE ACFT TURNED LEFT AND DESCENDED TO THE GROUND. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DID NOT DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DOORS REVEALED THE RIGHTSIDE CARGO DOOR SECURING MECHANISMS WERE RELATIVELY UNDAMAGED. FLIGHT TEST CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF A OPENED DOOR DISCLOSED IN PART THE FOLLOWING. THE DOOR WILL OPEN AND REMAIN OPEN DURING ROTATION; RESULTS IN NOISE & VIBRATION; NO ABNORMAL FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS; NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN MULTIENGINE CLIMB PERFORMANCE. PLT LANDING IN JET ACFT PRIOR TO ACCIDENT REPORTED MODERATE TURBULENCE WITH A PLUS OR MINUS 10 TO 15 KTS CHANGE IN AIRSPEED FROM 2000 FT MSL TO THE SURFACE

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.