ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208780
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 March 1995 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | unknown |
| Registration: | VH-RKD |
| MSN: | 31-8152048 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Carnarvon Airport (YCAR), Carnarvon, WA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | YCAR |
| Minilya, WA | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot initiated normal gear selection after arriving in the circuit area at Manilya. The gear extension process stopped after the nosewheel and right main gear had extended. The pilot checked the circuit breakers and recycled the gear twice more with the same result. The pilot decided to return to Carnarvon where the gear could be inspected visually. Observations by a pilot and engineer confirmed that the left main gear was up. Use of the manual extension system and the introduction of 'g' forces were unsuccessful in causing the left main gear to extend. After discussion with engineers in Carnarvon and Perth the pilot elected to carry out a wheels up landing on the grass flight strip beside sealed runway 18. The landing was successful. An inspection of the landing gear systems disclosed that the hinge bolt, from the front hinge of the left landing gear door, was missing. The missing bolt allowed the landing gear door to twist, in the airflow, jamming the door closed and preventing the left gear from extending. The missing bolt was not recovered.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1995/aair/199500818/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4932720/199500818.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2018 09:48 | Pineapple | Added |
| 29-Oct-2019 17:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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