# Accident 20121120025979A: Beech C90A, Roanoke, VA, November 20, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2012, 10:35 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ODAA
- Location: 37.3256° N, 79.9756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3256&lon=-79.9756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702DK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,520 total, 210 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121120025979A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED UPON "GEAR DOWN" SELECTION. CREW WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN A SAFE DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION (GREEN LIGHT) USING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, HAND PUMP FELT HARD, AS IF GEAR WAS ALREADY LOCKED DOWN. UNABLE TO CYCLE GEAR AGAIN, BECAUSE ELECTRIC PUMP HAD TIMED-OUT, AND TRIPPED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.  LANDED UNEVENTFULLY, RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY. A POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A CRACKED AND FAILED MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR BEARING SUPPORT BRACKET, WHICH PREVENTED THE ACTUATOR FROM LOCKING THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA13LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA065), Nov 20, 2012: Beech C90A (N702DK), Roanoke, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear bearing actuator support brackets. Contributing to the accident was the owner's and operator's failure to comply with the airplane manufacturer's mandatory…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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