Cessna 402B N401NA

Summary

On 25 April 1986 at about 21:45 local time, a Cessna 402B registered N401NA, operated by Caribbean Express, was involved in an accident near Opa Locka, Florida, United States. 6 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 April 1986 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Opa Locka, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Opalocka (OPF)

Coordinates

25.9097, -80.2703

Aircraft

Cessna 402B

Registration

N401NA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Caribbean Express

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Miami → Treasure Cay

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA86LA132

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 UPON ARRIVAL AT HIS DESTINATION HE COULD NOT GET HIS LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND. HE THEN RETURNED TO OPA LOCKA AIRPORT WHERE HE INTENTIONALLY LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. POST CRASH INVESTIGATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN NORMALLY DUE TO THE DOWN LIMIT MICRO SWITCH BEING STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION ALLOWING NO ELECTRICAL POWER TO ACTIVATE THE GEAR MOTOR TOWARD THE DOWN POSITION. ALSO THE GEAR COULD NOT BE MANUALLY CRANKED DOWN BECAUSE THE DRIVE CHAIN ON THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM WAS DISCONNECTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.