Cessna 402 crash, Oct 9, 1998, Arusha
Cessna 402 accident on October 9, 1998 near Arusha, Arusha Region, Tanzania with no fatalities. Cause: The left main landing gear probably suffered a...
- Date: October 9, 1998
- Aircraft: Cessna 402
- Location: Arusha, Arusha Region, Tanzania
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The left main landing gear probably suffered a severe impact during an earlier landing on Arusha's damaged runway surface, despite a clean maintenance check in 1996.
A Cessna 402 flying from Arusha lost its left main landing gear after takeoff, and ATC told the crew the gear had fallen away. The pilot returned and made a belly landing on the runway. All four occupants escaped uninjured, and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Investigators linked the gear damage to a hard landing on a poor runway surface.