- Date
- April 6, 1984, 19:54 local (Apr 7, 1984, 00:54 UTC)
- Place
- Hilton, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6368UAero Commander 560F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840406012479A
- Case key
- 6437
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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 acft was landed with the gear retracted. The nose gear light indicating down remained'on' at all itmes but had no bearing on the landing gear extension/retraction system. The plt did not report using a checklist or lowering the landing gear. The landing gear system was undamaged and worked normally after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6368U
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 560F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1496-73
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Lycoming IGO-540-B1A, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Neil J. Kanney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- PDK · Chamblee, GA
- Destination
- 49J
- Airport
- 49J · Hilton Head, runway 21, 3,700 × 75 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,016 total · 1,163 in this make and model · 1,848 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV, 21 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.