ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386814
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| Date: | Thursday 21 March 2024 |
| Time: | 22:11 UTC |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 |
| Owner/operator: | SkyCare Air Ambulance |
| Registration: | C-FTJX |
| MSN: | 31-7752184 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Big Trout Airport, ON (YTL/CYTL) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Big Trout Airport, ON (YTL/CYTL) |
| Sioux Lookout Airport, ON (YXL/CYXL) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A SkyCare Air Ambulance Piper PA-31-350 was departing Big Trout Lake Airport (CYTL), ON, on a visual flight rules flight to Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL), ON. During the application of power and forward movement of the aircraft for takeoff from CYTL, the main gear doors opened and the nose gear retracted. There were no injuries to the 5 passengers nor to the 2 crew members. The aircraft received substantial damaged.
A post-occurrence cockpit survey indicated the nose landing gear handle was in the up position. Information gathered indicated a portable GPS yoke mount's clamp adjusting screw (installed on the left yoke) had white paint transfer from the landing gear handle. The operator's maintenance lifted the aircraft and removed the aircraft from the runway. The operator reported that the GPS mount's clamp is normally mounted with the adjusting screw on the left side of the yoke; however on this aircraft, the clamp's adjusting screw was mounted on the right side of the yoke. Control column movement on C-FTJX allowed the clamp's adjusting screw handle to contact the landing gear handle. The operator's maintenance also found that the aircraft's anti-retraction safety system had failed.
Sources:
TSB A24C0029
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Apr-2024 08:26 | ASN | Added |
| 22-Apr-2024 08:26 | ASN | Updated [Location] |
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