Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33309
Monday, April 1, 2013 16:35 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On April 1, 2013, at 1635 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 402C, Turks and Caicos Islands registration VQ-TIN, operated by Caicos Express Airways, was substantially damaged when the nose landing gear collapsed during landing rollout at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The airline transport pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed for the positioning flight, destined for Providenciales International Airport (MBPV), Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. The flight was conducted under the provisions of Article 14 of the United Kingdom Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2007.
According to the pilot, the airplane had just had maintenance completed and the purpose of the flight was to return the airplane to MBPV to place it back in service. After departing from runway 26 at FXE, the pilot selected the landing gear to the "UP" position. The pilot noticed however, that the main landing gear retracted but, the nose landing gear did not. He then "completed the emergency check" and immediately selected "gear down". He then observed three "gear down and locked lights". After discussing the situation with air traffic control the pilot decided to return for landing on runway 13. The touchdown was normal, however during the rollout, as the airplane decelerated through 60 knots, the nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane's nose and propellers made contact with the pavement.
Post accident examination of the airplane revealed that the fuselage nose structure behind the radome was substantially damaged. Examination of the nose landing gear assembly revealed that the nose landing gear actuator rod end was not connected to the nose landing gear drag brace.
According to Turks and Caicos Islands Civil Aviation Authority and Caicos Express Airways records, the airplane was manufactured in 1982. Its most recent annual inspection was completed on March 16, 2013. At the time of the inspection, the airplane had accrued 8,524 total hours of operation.
According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and pilot records, the pilot held an airline transport pilot certificate with a rating for airplane multi-engine land. His most recent FAA first-class medical certificate was issued on October 23, 2012. He reported that he had accrued 10,566 total hours of flight experience, 3,507 of which were in the accident airplane make and model.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 4/1/2013 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1635 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 33309 |
| Event Date Year | 2013 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 261150N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0801014W |
| Event Location Airport | Fort Lauderdale Executive |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | FXE |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 13 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1653 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | FXE |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 13 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 5500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Few |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 16 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 180 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 14 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 19 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.97 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Southern Region OCC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 23 2013 9:12AM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | VQ-TIN |
| NTSB Number | ERA13LA188 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Non-U.S., Non-Commercial |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 402C |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 402C0227 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 6850 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 10 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 16 2013 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 8524 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Caicos Express Airways |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Providenciales |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Country | TK |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | -- |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Caicos Express Airways |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Providenciales |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | TK |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | FXE |
| Departure City | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Departure State | FL |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1635 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | MBPV |
| Destination City | Providenciales |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | TK |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 23 2013 9:13AM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 13 |
| Runway Length | 4000 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |