Cessna 402C N67876

Summary

On 25 October 1985 at about 12:50 local time, a Cessna 402C registered N67876, operated by Gull Air, Inc., was involved in an incident near Miami, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 October 1985 at 12:50

Classification

Incident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Miami (MIA)

Coordinates

25.8208, -80.2995

Aircraft

Cessna 402C

Registration

N67876

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Gull Air, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Palm Bch → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86IA017

Nobody was injured.

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

THE PLT STATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL APCH TO RWY 12 BUY ON LANDING ROLLOUT AS THE NOSE OF THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN THE NOSE GEAR ASS'Y FOLDED & THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP, POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED ON REGARDLESS OF THE LANDING GEAR POSITION DUE TO A BROKEN LEAD WIRE ON THE # 5 POLE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR POSITION MICRO SWITCH, THIS MICRO SWITCH ALSO ACTIVATES THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WHICH HOLDS THE GEAR IN THE LOCKED POSITION, THEREFORE THE PLT OBTAINED A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION WITH THE GEAR NOT ACTUALLY LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.