- Date
- October 5, 1983, 08:08 local (12:08 UTC)
- Place
- Montgomery, AL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N218RCBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831005053879A
- Case key
- 6362
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Analysis
During an apch to land, the plt lowered the gear handle, but observed that the nose gear light did not come on & the right main gear light was flickering. Consequently, he recycled the gear operation. After that, he reportedly saw all 3 indicating down & locked, but expressed the opinion that the gear operation seemed to take longer than he remembered. During the landing, all 3 gear folded into the wheel wells. After the accident, observers reported that the gear handle was down, the flap handle was in th apch position & the gear circuit breaker was popped. After the acft was raised, the circuit breaker was reset & the landing gear was cycled. The left main & nose gear came down & locked immediately. The right main also came down & locked after it was cleared from a jammed gear door. The acft was on its 1st flt after a 100 hr inspection. It was flown back to the same facility & was further checked. Reportedly, personnel at the facility found no malfunction of the landing gear sys.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N218RC
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-1182
- Airframe hours
- 1,007
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-CB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Birmingham Aero Svc.
- Registered owner
- Smith-Hatton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 27, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- BHM · Birmingham, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MGM · Dannelly, runway 9, 9,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,162 total · 206 in this make and model · 1,829 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGM
FAA reports on this event · 1
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