- Date
- May 23, 1982, 20:17 local (May 24, 1982, 00:17 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88694Cessna 404
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19820523063989I
- Case key
- 70203
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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
During takeoff, the hydraulic pressure was lost after the gear was raised and the flaps were being retracted. The pilot attempted to extend the gear with both the normal and manual systems, but to no avail. Subsequently, a gear up landing was made. An investigation revealed that a hydraulic line, pn 57-27100, had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88694
- Reported as
- Cessna 404
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 404-0227
- Airframe hours
- 4,111
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520M, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Sunbird Airlines
- Registered owner
- Sunbird Airlines
- Departed
- Raleigh, NC
- Destination
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Charlotte Douglas, runway 36, 7,845 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,115 total · 260 in this make and model · 4,879 as pilot in command · 205 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Observed at
- CLT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.