- Date
- January 17, 1987, 01:45 local (06:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lynchburg, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N717AMRockwell 500S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11304
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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.
Hard landing
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Proper descent rate - not maintainedCause
Crew/group coordination - inadequateFactor
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Main gear collapsed
Analysis
After leaving clouds about 4500 feet MSL, the PIC made a visual approach to runway 03 at Lynchburg municipal. On short final the copilot stated that he noticed what seemed to be a gradual increase in pitch attitude while the aircraft was still too high off the runway. He mentioned this to the PIC; however, the aircraft descended rapidly and contacted the runway, collapsing the left main gear. The aircraft slid a short distance on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N717AM
- Reported as
- Rockwell 500S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3095
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-E1, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Sievers, Norbert H.
- Registered owner
- Jett Aire Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- N40 · Flemington, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LYH · Lynchburg Municipal, runway 3, 5,799 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,103 total · 155 in this make and model · 999 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LYN