- Date
- February 21, 1982, 13:14 local (18:14 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomington, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N378NEFairchild Hiller 227C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820221006339A
- Case key
- 69982
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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 aircraft was being pre-positioned for a scheduled flight. During a visual approach to land, the captain (PIC) called for the flaps to be lowered in incremental settings (16.5, 27 & 40 deg). The flap handle was moved to the appropriate positions, but reportedly, neither of the pilots looked at the flap indicator. The PIC stated that during the flare, the aircraft settled and contacted the runway quite hard. He immediately looked down and saw the flap indicator at 16.5 deg, then noticed the flaps had extended to 40 deg. The copilot saw the flaps at 30 deg and moving to full down. During touchdown, the fuselage was damaged around the tail bumper/skid to the lower portion of the pressure bulkhead. On a subsequent flight for repair, the flaps over-ran the up-limit microswitch and then would not extend. The aircraft was equipped with a model FPC-75 ground proximity warning system in accordance with STC SA1176CE and was wired into the flap selector switch. It would have provided a warning if it had detected flap psn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N378NE
- Reported as
- Fairchild Hiller 227C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 512
- Airframe hours
- 18,611
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce 532-7, 2,280 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Britt Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Britt Airways, Inc.
- Departed
- Bloomington, IL
- Destination
- Bloomington, IN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BMG · Monroe County, runway 35, concrete
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,775 total · 69 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N378NE · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.