Cessna 402B N6344X

Summary

On 18 October 1987 at about 22:15 local time, a Cessna 402B registered N6344X was involved in an accident near Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. 10 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 October 1987 at 22:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Nantucket (ACK)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 402B

Registration

N6344X

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hyannis → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC88LA011

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 RPRTD THAT DRG AN APCH TO RWY 6 AT DUSK, A SUDDEN SINK RATE DEVELOPED. HE APPLIED POWER & BROUGHT THE ACFT TO A CLIMB ATTITUDE; HOWEVER, HE FELT A 'THUD BENEATH THE AIRCRAFT' & NOTED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LIGHT NO LONGER INDICATED DOWN & LOCKED. SUSPECTING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD SEPARATED, HE MADE A GO-AROUND. DRG A SUBSEQUENT LANDING ON RWY 24, HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGS & HELD THE RIGHT WING UP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE BY USING THE AILERONS. AS THE ACFT SLOWED,THE RIGHT WING SETTLED & THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY. GOUGES WERE FND SHORT OF RWY 6, WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD HIT THE GROUND & SEPD FROM THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.