ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 383224
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| Date: | Thursday 30 September 1982 |
| Time: | 08:36 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 |
| Owner/operator: | Southcentral Air Inc. |
| Registration: | N61366 |
| MSN: | 31-7552108 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6868 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540J2BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Kenai, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Kenai, AK (ENA) |
| Anchorage, AK (ANC | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE COMMUTER FLIGHT DEPARTED KENAI, DESTINED FOR ANCHORAGE AK. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON APPROACH HE COULD NOT OBTAIN A POSITIVE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO KENAI AIRPORT DUE TO WEATHER AT ANCHORAGE. UPON LANDING THE NOSEWHEEL RETRACTED. EXAMINATION OF THE NOSE GEAR REVEALED THAT A STAINLESS STEEL FLEXIBLE LINE ENCLOSED IN A PROTECTIVE RUBBER CASING WAS CHAFED BY A BOLT IN THE NOSE GEAR SCISSORS ASSEMBLY. THE STAINLESS STEEL EXTERIOR MESH WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND GAVE NO SUPPORT TO THE INTERNAL PRESSURE LINE, THEREBY ALLOWING THE LINE TO BURST.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC82IA103
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 December 1985 | N492SC | South Central Air, Inc. | 0 | Kenai, AK | |
min |
| 15 December 2004 | N792FC | Warbelows Air Ventures Inc | 0 | Utopia, Alaska | |
sub |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2024 22:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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