- Date
- July 7, 1983, 05:38 local (13:38 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9701FFairchild C-82A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830707049929I
- Case key
- 4091
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The main landing gear collapsed after landing. The nose gearwas down & locked with a green light in the cockpit. There was no down & locked light illuminated for the main gear. Examination revealed signatures consistent with extreme overload as in attempting to extend gear with the acft on the ground. The crew had to search for a checklist in the cockpit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9701F
- Reported as
- Fairchild C-82A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4557814
- Airframe hours
- 9,834
- Engine
- P&W R2800C-J34, 1,800 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91 subpart F
- Registered owner
- Northern Pacific Transport Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Airport
- ANC · Anchorage, runway 6R, 10,897 × 150 ft, macadam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 14,000 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,900 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9701F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.