ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294699
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 August 2004 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 402C |
| Owner/operator: | Arctic Circle Air Service Inc |
| Registration: | N300SN |
| MSN: | 402C0060 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520VB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Huslia, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA) |
| Huslia Airport, AK (HSL/PAHL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
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.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC04CA085
History of this aircraft
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Oct-2022 08:07 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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