- Date
- July 19, 1984, 15:13 local (19:13 UTC)
- Place
- No.Myrtle Beach, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4EBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840719036779A
- Case key
- 6497
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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
When the plt extended the gear, the landing gear motor circuit breaker (c/b) popped. He reset the c/b & after a cool down period attempted to extend the gear again, but with the same results. The plt was not able to extend the gear fully down & locked with the emergency extension system. The acft was subsequently landed with the landing gear partially extended & the gear collapsed. Exam revealed that several p/n 5201KD bearings were broken & had become jammed between the worm gear & the gear box housing of the landing gear actuating system. There was little gear lubricant in the actuator. The actuator had been operated 4,538 hrs since new & had not been overhauled. The manufacturer's recommended overhaul period is 2,000 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4E
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-893
- Airframe hours
- 4,584
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Grand Strand Aviation, doing business as Ramp 66, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Grand Strand Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 24, 1983 · 95 hours before
- Destination
- CAE · Columbia, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CRE · Grand Strand, runway 23, 5,996 × 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,884 total · 426 in this make and model · 3,590 as pilot in command · 122 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.