- Date
- October 30, 1987, 21:40 local (Oct 31, 1987, 02:40 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N739JGCessna R182RG II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871030061559A
- Case key
- 14005
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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
After take-off, the pilot attempted to retract the landing gear when the hydraulic line on the right main gear actuator failed. The left main landing gear was stuck in the trailing position while the nose gear and right main gear remained down and locked. The pilot initiated the appropriate emergency procedures to attempt to lower the left main landing gear, but the emergency extension system was also inoperative. The pilot made a partial gear up landing at his destination airport and the aircraft received substantial damage during the landing roll. Exam of the acft revealed that the right main lndg gear actuating down line, Cessna part #2880001-1, had failed at the flare and pulled out from the fitting attaching the line to the actuator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739JG
- Reported as
- Cessna R182RG II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200999
- Airframe hours
- 1,012
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Gandy, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1987 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- I21 · Brookside, IN
- Destination
- MQJ · IN
- Airport
- MQJ · Mount Comfort, runway 25, 5,500 × 50 ft, 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 80 in this make and model · 347 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.