Incident · 2001-03-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 2001-03-03
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 402C (N108GP)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Safe Air International, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Safe Air International, Inc.
Probable cause
Incomplete compliance with a non-mandatory Cessna Service Information Letter by an unknown person resulting in pulling through of the attach bolt of the upper and lower link assemblies and subsequent rotation of the right wheel assembly. Additionally, improper overhaul of the right main landing gear actuator by an unknown person resulting in collapse of the right main landing gear. Findings in the investigation were: 1) Inadequate compliance with a Cessna Service Bulletin (SB) by company maintenance personnel for failure to replace the actuator as addressed in the SB due to a discrepancy with the actuator noted during the post incident testing, and 2) Failure of the FAA to include inspection of the main landing gear torque links in the FAA approved inspection program as described in the Cessna Progressive Care Program.
Source: NTSB case MIA01IA091Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
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