- Date
- January 2, 1984, 21:30 local (Jan 3, 1984, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Galesburg, IL
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N317VABeech BE-99
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840102021799A
- Case key
- 12384
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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 main gear retracted while the acft was being taxied to the taxioff position. Investigation revealed that a landing gear maintenance valve PN22400-1, SN19 manufactured by airright inc had corroded and was allowing stray voltage to cyclethe landing gear retraction system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N317VA
- Reported as
- Beech BE-99
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U72
- Airframe hours
- 31,687
- Engine
- U/A Canada PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Britt Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Britt Airways,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 31, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Destination
- SQ1 · Sterling, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 53
- Certificates
- Military, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,639 total · 4,078 in this make and model · 7,056 as pilot in command · 196 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots, gusting 8
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.