ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355148
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 October 1997 |
| Time: | 21:32 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 18 [C-45H] |
| Owner/operator: | Carib-air Cargo Inc |
| Registration: | N486JB |
| MSN: | AF-858 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7517 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R985-14B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Orlando, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Melbourne, FL (KMLB) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said that when he lowered the landing gear he noticed that the right main gear was not down and locked. He advised ATC of the situation and was given vectors to the west of the airport to investigate the problem. He made several attempts to correct the problem by recycling the gear handle. He then attempted gear emergency extension procedures, and observed that the gear was still indicating an intermediate position. He again advised ATC, and made a low pass by the control tower. Due to the darkness the tower could not confirm whether the gear was down or not. After several additional attempts to determine the problem without successes, he elected to make a gear up landing on the runway. Examination of the landing gear revealed that the chain from the main landing gear torque shaft to the nose gear box, had come of the sprocket at the nose gear box exposing several teeth. This caused the landing gear to be out of sequence between the main gear and the nose gear. This resulted in the nose gear retract nut bottoming out against the nose gear box, making it impossible to extend the landing gear fully, either by normal or emergency extension methods.
Probable Cause: the failure of the landing gear chain from the main landing gear torque shaft to the nose gear box coming off the sprocket, causing the landing gear to be out of sequence between the main gear and the nose gear.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA98IA006
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2024 08:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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