- Date
- October 16, 1991, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4603WRockwell 112YC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911016050709A
- Case key
- 15337
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to perform a major repair and continued operation of the airplane with known deficiencies.
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 accident airplane landed with the nose landing gear partially extended. The pilot stated, 'I approached glide slope I lowered the gear. I got green lights only on the two main gear and no nose gear.' The pilot performed a go around and requested clearance to a clear area in order to ascertain the nature of the landing gear problem. When all attempts to lower the nose landing gear were unsuccessful the pilot ordered his passenger into the rear seat and landed on the sod adjacent to the runway. Federal aviation administration (FAA) inspectors found preexisting structural and sheet metal damage in the nose area of the airplane during a post accident inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4603W
- Reported as
- Rockwell 112YC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13093
- Engine
- Lycoming T0-360-C1A6D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond A. Pedersen
- Registered owner
- Raymond A. Pedersen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1991
- Departed
- TVC · Traverse City, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DET · Detroit City
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,705 total · 620 in this make and model · 9,400 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 1 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.