- Date
- July 6, 1988, 20:02 local (Jul 7, 1988, 01:02 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 12 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3063WBeech C99
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880706071239I
- Case key
- 13997
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Probable cause
Component failure due to improper lubrication by the operators maintenance personnel.
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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,totalCause
Maintenance,lubrication - inadequateCause
Maintenance,aaip/progressive program - inaccurateFactor
Nose gear collapsed
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - runway
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3063W
- Reported as
- Beech C99
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U-230
- Airframe hours
- 1,296
- Engine
- P&W PT-6A-36, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Kentucky Airlines, Inc., doing business as Allegheny Commuter
- Registered owner
- Astro Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 2, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Destination
- OWB · Owensboro, KY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IND · Indianapolis Int'L, runway 31, 7,600 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,815 total · 125 in this make and model · 6,150 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.