Cessna 402B N3767C

Summary

On 23 August 1987 at about 21:42 local time, a Cessna 402B registered N3767C, operated by Chandelle Aviation, Inc., was involved in an incident near W.palm Beach, 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

23 August 1987 at 21:42

Classification

Incident

Location

W.palm Beach, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

West Palm Beach (PBI)

Coordinates

26.6605, -80.0899

Aircraft

Cessna 402B

Registration

N3767C

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Chandelle Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marsh Harbor, of → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA87IA229

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 LT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND WHEN THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR & AND THE ACFT WAS LANDED IN THAT CONDITION. AN EXAM OF THE STRUT ASSY REVEALED THAT A BEARING, P/N 5041108-1/2 HAD FAILED PERMITTING THE STRUT TO OVEREXTEND, JAMMING THE GEAR IN THE WHEEL WELL. A REVIEW OF FAILURE RECORDS REVEALED THAT OTHER SIMILIAR ACFT USING THIS BEARING HAD HAD SIMILIAR FAILURES RESULTING IN SIMILIAR ACCIDENTS. THE ACFT MANUFACTURER WAS ADVISED & THEY ISSUED A SERVICE LETTER WHEREBY ALL ACFT USING THIS BEARING SHOULD HAVE THE BEARING INSPECTED EVERY 1000 FLT HRS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.