ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217845
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 September 1987 |
| Time: | 18:15 |
| Type: |  Rockwell Commander 500S |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-MEH |
| MSN: | 3258 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Charters Towers Airport (YCHT), Charters Towers, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | YCHT |
| YCHT | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had been conducting a six and a half hour low level survey flight. He stated that on joining the circuit, at the completion of the flight, he lowered the landing gear and obtained a gear down indication. The gear indication was again checked on final approach but during the subsequent landing roll, as the nose wheel was being lowered to the runway, the landing gear handle in the cockpit sprung to the up position. The landing gear retracted and the aircraft slide to a halt on its undersurface. An inspection of the aircraft could find no pre-impact defect with the landing gear or its systems which could have contributed to this inadvertent retraction. The landing gear was found to be capable of normal operation. The reason for the selector deselection remains undetermined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1987/aair/aair198703506/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/26058/aair198703506.pdf
History of this aircraft
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| 8 March 2024 | VH-MEH | GAM Air | 0 | 3.3 NM E of Bathurst, NSW | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2018 10:37 | Pineapple | Added |
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