ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 379699
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| Date: | Monday 16 April 1984 |
| Time: | 17:57 LT |
| Type: |  Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
| Owner/operator: | Midstate Airlines, Inc. |
| Registration: | N163MA |
| MSN: | TC-236 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13115 hours |
| Engine model: | AIRESEARCH TPE 331 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Milwaukee, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Indianapolis, IN (KIND) |
| Milwaukee, WI (KMKE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A GEAR UP LANDING WAS PERFORMED AFTER THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE RGT MAIN GEAR THRU NORMAL & EMERG PROCEDURES. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT DISCLOSED THE RGT MAIN GEAR DOOR AFT HINGE BOLT WAS SLIGHTLY BENT & DIFFICULT TO ROTATE IN ITS BUSHING. THE BUSHING & BOLT WERE DRY & HAD NOT BEEN LUBRICATED RECENTLY. THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WAS NOT CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING ENOUGH PRESSURE TO OVERCOME THE BINDING DOOR. THE BUSHING HAD NOT RECENTLY BEEN INSPECTED OR LUBRICATED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION BEING DIFFICULT TO ACCESS.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI84IA155
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 April 1985 | N163MA | Midstate Airlines, Inc. | 0 | Dayton, OH | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Apr-2024 08:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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