- Date
- December 7, 1982, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chantilly, VA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N126AVSwearingen SA-226TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Case key
- 70193
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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
Approaching the arpt the flt was given vectors to rwy 01L & cleared to descend to 2,000 ft. the controller requested that the plt expedite the descent through 3,000 ft. the first officer, who was flying the acft, requested the gear down. The captain stated that he did not specifically remember placing the gear handle down but thought he did. The first officer stated that he did not look at the gear handle or indicators. The acft landed gear up. The captain stated that when the propellers began contacting the rwy he checked the gear handle to confirm it was down, & may have put it down at that time. At no time did either crew member hear the gear unsafe warning horn. The captain stated that because many of their approaches were steep & fast with power levers at idle, many crews flew with the warning horn circuit breaker pulled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N126AV
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA-226TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 3,651
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331, 904 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Flt America, Inc
- Registered owner
- Flt America, Inc
- Departed
- ORD · Norfolk, VA
- Destination
- 3V5 · Fort Collins, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IAD · Dulles Intl, runway 1L, 11,550 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,497 total · 1,297 in this make and model · 3,925 as pilot in command · 206 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAD, 1 nm away