ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 379437
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| Date: | Thursday 24 May 1984 |
| Time: | 08:00 LT |
| Type: |  Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
| Owner/operator: | Air Midwest |
| Registration: | N237AM |
| MSN: | TC-332 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8310 hours |
| Engine model: | AIRESEARCH TPE-331 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Albuquerque, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Roswell, NM (KROW) |
| Albuquerque, NM | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHEN GEAR WAS LOWERED FOR LANDING RT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ALTHOUGH PERSONS ON THE GROUND STATED THE GEAR DOORS APPEARED OPEN. REMEDIAL ACTION BY THE FLT CREW DID NOT RECTIFY THE SITUATION AND A GEAR UP LANDING WAS PERFORMED. WHEN ACFT WAS RAISED FROM RWY AND RT MAIN GEAR DOORS FORCED OPEN, A MECHANICS TOOL, CALLED AN AWL, FELL OUT OF WHEEL WELL. EXAMINATION OF MARKS ON THE AWL AND IN THE WHEEL WELL INDICATED THE AWL BECAME LODGED BTW THE KEELSON WEB AND THE DOOR HINGE. THIS WOULD HAVE BLOCKED THE DOORS FROM OPENING PAST THE HALF WAY POSITION THUS PREVENTING GEAR EXTENSION. A MECHANIC HAD PERFORMED A ROUTINE GEAR INSPECTION USING AN AWL TO ALIGN SOME SCREW HOLES ON THE EVENING PRECEEDING THE INCIDENT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN84IA157
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 August 1982 | N237AM | Air Midwest | 0 | Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport, MO (MKC) | |
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| 24 February 1983 | N237AM | Air Midwest | 0 | St. Louis, MO | |
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| 10 May 2005 | C-FKEX | Perimeter Aviation | 0 | Thompson Airport, MB (YTH) |  |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 31-Mar-2024 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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