ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357611
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| Date: | Friday 29 March 1996 |
| Time: | 18:33 LT |
| Type: | Socata TBM-700 |
| Owner/operator: | Chemrite Industries, Inc |
| Registration: | N292RG |
| MSN: | 14 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 720 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A-64 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Eau Claire, WI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Rice Lake, WI (KRIE) |
| Milwaukee, WI (MWC | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that an 'unsafe gear door light' was displayed 'shortly after departing.' He recycled the landing gear. The right main landing gear did not extend. He performed several normal and emergency gear extension attempts with no success. He had several telephone patch conversations with the airplane manufacturer and flight safety. The right main landing gear could not be lowered. He orbited to burn down fuel, declared an emergency, and conducted a gear up landing. Examination of the right main landing gear revealed a fatigue fracture in the right inboard landing gear door forward hinge bracket. The door was wedged in the wheel well.
Probable Cause: fatigue fracture and subsequent failure of the gear door hinge bracket.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI96LA127
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 19:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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