# NTSB ATL84LA142: Aero Commander 560F, N6368U, Hilton, SC, April 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 6, 1984, 19:54 local (Apr 7, 1984, 00:54 UTC)
- Place: Hilton, SC
- Coordinates: 32.160892, -80.7602 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1609&lon=-80.7602&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6437
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6437/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA142

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,gear indicating system - false indication (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6368U-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N 1496-73, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 560F
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 560-F](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-f) (registry code 0141408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IGO-540-B1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igo-540-b1a) (registry code 41538, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1496-73
- Airframe hours: 2300
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840406012479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840406012479A), Apr 6, 1984: Gulstm 560F, Hilton Head Isl, SC, Substantial damage. Landed gear up. No gear defects. Gear doors undamaged.

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.

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