ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 369020
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 March 1989 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B55 |
| Owner/operator: | Rusty Plumbing, Inc. |
| Registration: | N3122W |
| MSN: | TC-1633 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3125 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-E2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sarasota, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (60X) |
| Sarasota, FL (KSRQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT WAS TAKING OFF FROM THE ROUGH GRASS PRIVATE STRIP & WAS APCHG 70 MPH, WHEN THE RGT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE ACFT THEN VEERED INTO A CANAL WHICH PARALLELED THE RWY. WITNESSES STATED THE RGT GEAR APPEARED TO STRIKE A SUNKEN SPOT ON THE RWY JUST AS THE GEAR COLLAPSED. FAA PSNL EXAMINED THE ACFT & NOTED DAMAGE TO THE GEAR THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE WITNESS OBSERVATIONS. ALL DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE IMPACT RELATED. THE 15-YR-OLD ACFT WITH 3125 AIRFRAME HRS HAD BEEN OPERATING FROM THIS ROUGH STRIP FOR THE PREVIOUS 10 YRS. THE GEAR HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO HEAVIER THAN NORMAL LOADS. THE ACFT HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR AN ANNUAL INSPN IN ABOUT 3 DAYS.
Probable Cause: UNEVEN RUNWAY CONDITION (SUNKEN SPOT).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA89LA116
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 24-Mar-2024 09:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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