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August 5, 2004 · Cessna 402C · N300SN

Huslia, AK

Overview

Report Status
Final with probable cause
Event Type
Accident
Date
August 5, 2004
Injury Outcomes
No injuries (1 uninjured)
Location
Huslia, AK
Aircraft
Cessna 402C
Tail Number
N300SN
Operator
Arctic Circle Air Service
Injuries
None
Aircraft Damage
Substantial
NTSB Number
ANC04CA085

The solo commercial air taxi pilot entered the airport area intending to land on one runway, but elected to change to the opposite end. The pilot reported that he was watching a departing airplane, and had placed his hand on the landing gear handle, but forgot to extend the landing gear, and landed gear-up. The airplane received structural damage to the lower fuselage.

NTSB Probable Cause

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in an inadvertent wheels up landing. A factor associated with the accident was the pilot's diverted attention.

Full Narrative

On August 4, 2004, about 1630 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 402C airplane, N300SN, sustained substantial damage during an inadvertent gear-up landing at the Huslia Airport, Huslia, Alaska. The airplane was being operated by Arctic Circle Air Service of Fairbanks, Alaska, as a visual flight rules (VFR) cargo flight under Title 14, CFR Part 135 when the accident occurred. The solo commercial pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and company flight following procedures were in effect. The flight originated at the Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks, about 1400. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) on August 4, the director of operations for the operator said the pilot told him he entered the airport area intending to land on one runway, but then elected to change to the opposite end. The pilot told him that in the confusion he forgot to extend the landing gear. The director of operations said the airplane sustained damage to the bottom of the fuselage, flaps, engine nacelles, and propellers. He said prior to the accident there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane. In a written statement dated August 4, the pilot reported that he entered the airport area intending to land on one runway, but elected to change to the oposite end. He wrote that he was watching a departing airplane, and had placed his hand on the landing gear handle, but forgot to extend the landing gear, and landed gear-up.

Flight

Event TypeAccident
Event Time16:30 AKDT
Nearest Airport0nm
Flight Plan FiledCvfr
Flight Plan ActivatedNo
Aircraft FireNo

Aircraft

AircraftCessna 402C
Tail NumberN300SN
Aircraft CategoryAir
DamageSubstantial
OperatorArctic Circle Air Service
Operating RulePart 135
Engines2
Engine TypeReciprocating
Engine DetailsContinental · TSIO-520VB · Reciprocating · 325

People & Injuries

Injury SummaryNo injuries (1 uninjured)
Fatal0
Serious0
Minor0
Uninjured1
Total1
Crew 1Age 57 · First Class · None

Conditions

ConditionsVMC
LightDaylight
WindCalm
CeilingNone
Temperature / Dew Point0 C / 0 C
Altimeter0

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