- Date
- March 25, 1982, 18:07 local (Mar 26, 1982, 00:07 UTC)
- Place
- Kalamazo, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20HRBeech 65-88
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820325005849I
- Case key
- 71215
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Prior to landing the pilot could not extend the right main landing gear. He attempted to extend the gear by recycling the system and by using the manual extension, but to no avail. Subsequently, the aircraft was landed on a paved runway with the gear retracted. During the landing, the underside of the fuselage and flaps received minor damage. An investigation revealed that the drive shaft assembly, pn 50-810240, failed from fatigue.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20HR
- Reported as
- Beech 65-88
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LP-35
- Airframe hours
- 3,372
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-540-A1D, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Basler Airlines
- Registered owner
- Basler Airlines
- Departed
- Louisville, KY
- Destination
- Kalamazoo, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AZO · Kalamazoo, runway 35, 6,499 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,980 total · 107 in this make and model · 4,819 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 97 °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.