ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360686
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| Date: | Monday 21 March 1994 |
| Time: | 04:00 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 95-C55 |
| Owner/operator: | Northern Co Air Charter |
| Registration: | N9415S |
| MSN: | TE-41 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4176 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gillette, WY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Denver, CO (KDEN) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
AT THE END OF THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN AND HEARD THE GEAR EXTENDING. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS DOWN; HOWEVER, HE DID NOT HAVE A GREEN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. DURING THE POST CRASH INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH FUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE THROTTLES WAS INOPERATIVE.
Probable Cause: PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES WERE NOT FOLLOWED AND PARTIAL FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS AN INOPERATIVE GEAR WARNING SYSTEM.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA94LA089
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 10:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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