Cessna 402 crash, Sep 9, 2021, Provincetown
Cessna 402 accident on September 9, 2021 near Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot's delayed decision to...
- Date: September 9, 2021
- Aircraft: Cessna 402
- Location: Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's delayed decision to abort the landing late in the landing roll with insufficient runway remaining. Contributing was the failure to go around once the approach became unstabilized.
A Cape Air Cessna 402 landed on a wet runway at Provincetown in heavy rain with a tailwind, then took off again late in the landing roll and struck trees beyond the runway end. A fire followed and the aircraft was destroyed. All seven occupants were seriously injured.