Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Tuesday 9 September 2014 |
Time: | 12:50 |
Type: | Beechcraft 200C Super King Air |
Operator: | Air Loyauté |
Registration: | F-GRSO |
MSN: | BL-11 |
First flight: | 1980 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Nouméa-La Tontouta International Airport (NOU) ( New Caledonia)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Lifou Airport (LIF/NWWL), New Caledonia |
Destination airport: | Nouméa-Magenta Airport (GEA/NWWM), New Caledonia |
Narrative:A Beechcraft 200C Super King Air, F-GRSO, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Nouméa-La Tontouta International Airport (NOU), New Caledonia.
The airplane operated on a flight to Nouméa's Magenta Airport when, during the approach, the crew noted that the undercarriage did not lock down. The alternate gear extension procedures were used, but did not result in a down and locked indication. The crew then decided to divert to La Tontouta Airport. A low pass along the control tower confirmed that the undercarriage was extended. Nevertheless, the gear indication still did not show that it was locked.
During the landing roll, the main gear collapsed. The aircraft stopped on the runway.
Probable Cause:
CONCLUSION (translated from French):
The rupture of two teeth of the sprocket of the control cylinder of the left main landing gear caused the cylinder to be locked and thus caused the mechanical system to extend the landing gear. This blockage prevented the complete extension and locking of the landing gear.
This rupture and other damage to the two main landing gear actuators was probably the result of improper installation of the toothed gear and / or improper adjustment of the assembly.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BEA France |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 3 months | Accident number: | f-so140909 | Download report: | Summary report
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Classification:
Landing gear collapse
Runway mishap
Sources:
» BEA
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Lifou Airport to Nouméa-Magenta Airport as the crow flies is 182 km (114 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.