Cessna 401 N968JW

Summary

On 4 January 2003 at about 00:15 local time, a Cessna 401 registered N968JW, operated by International Air Services, was involved in an accident near Mc Allen, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 January 2003 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Mc Allen, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Mc Allen Miller Intl (MFE)

Coordinates

26.1750, -98.2386

Aircraft

Cessna 401

Registration

N968JW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

International Air Services

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Puebla → Mc Allen

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

FTW03LA075

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to manually extend the landing gear to the full down and locked position. A contributing faction was a loss of electrical power, which resulted in the failure of the landing gear to extend.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While en-route at night, the airplane experienced a partial loss of electrical power. The pilot attempted to electrically extend the landing gear; however, the landing gear did not extend. While on a right downwind for runway, he manually extended the landing gear, but did not receive three green annunciator lights confirming the landing gear was extended and locked. Without radio communications, the pilot was cleared to land via the air traffic control "steady green" light gun signal. During the landing roll, the left main landing gear collapsed, the airplane exited the runway and struck a runway sign. The airplane spun 180-degrees and came to rest upright. The reason for the loss of electrical power was not determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.