Cessna 402C incident near Miami, Florida, October 25, 1985
On October 25, 1985 at about 12:50 pm local time, a Cessna 402C, registered N67876, suffered minor damage in an incident near Miami, Florida (Miami airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 25, 1985 · about 12:50 pm local time
- Place
- Miami, Florida · Miami · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 402C · all 402Cs on the register
- Registration
- N67876 · no longer on the register · serial 402CO424
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PLT STATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL APCH TO RWY 12 BUY ON LANDING ROLLOUT AS THE NOSE OF THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN THE NOSE GEAR ASS'Y FOLDED & THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP, POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED ON REGARDLESS OF THE LANDING GEAR POSITION DUE TO A BROKEN LEAD WIRE ON THE # 5 POLE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR POSITION MICRO SWITCH, THIS MICRO SWITCH ALSO ACTIVATES THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WHICH HOLDS THE GEAR IN THE LOCKED POSITION, THEREFORE THE PLT OBTAINED A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION WITH THE GEAR NOT ACTUALLY LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, private
- Ratings: multi-engine land; multi-engine sea; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane; rotorcraft: glider
- Flight time: 3,675 hours in all; 1,005 in this make and model; 277 in the last 90 days; 1,000 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,892 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, October 24, 1985; 5 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 6,350 lb
- Seats: 10
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental TSIO-520-VB (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Gull Air,Inc.
The flight
- Departed from: PBI West Palm Bch FL at 12:22 pm
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 12, 9,600 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 050° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 2,500 ft
- Temperature: 79°F (26°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 1:50 pm from MIA, 1 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 3 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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