ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367605
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 December 1989 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 65-B80 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N525GT |
| MSN: | LD421 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5600 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IGSO-540-A1D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cape Girardeau, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta, GA (KPDK) |
| (KCGI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT SAID THAT WHEN HE DEPARTED ON A PERSONAL CROSS COUNTRY TRIP, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT COMPLETELY. HE CONTINUED HIS TRIP. AFTER ARRIVING AT HIS DESTINATION, HE WAS UNABLE TO GET A SAFE GEAR INDICATION AND WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE GEAR BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. LOW PASSES PAST THE TOWER CONFIRMED ALL THREE WHEELS WERE DOWN, BUT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED NOT TO BE IN POSITION. A LANDING WAS MADE. DURING THE ROLL-OUT, ALL THREE GEAR LEGS COLLAPSED. A POST- ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE GEAR MOTOR WAS BURNED OUT AND THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY PUMP WAS INOPERATIVE DUE TO A MISPLACED CRANK HANDLE.
Probable Cause: AN INOPERATIVE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM DUE TO FAILURE OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND A MISPLACED EMERGENCY CRANK HANDLE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC90LA039
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 16:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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