- Date
- May 6, 1982, 21:07 local (May 7, 1982, 02:07 UTC)
- Place
- Bismarck, ND
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4504QCessna 402A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820506014099I
- Case key
- 69966
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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 pilot discovered that the gear would not extend electrically. Manual extension was attempted, but the crank would not turn in either direction. While applying pressure to the cranks, the chain drive failed. The plane was landed with the gear retracted. Disassembly of the emergency extension system revealed that a shaft, pn 0843400-50, was bent and gouge marks were found on a tooth of a bevel gear, pn 0843400-49. Also, the manual extension chain, pn 500000-52, between the hand crank and bevel gears, had broken. No other discrepancies were evident in the landing gear system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4504Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402A0004
- Airframe hours
- 3,378
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Capital Aviation Corporation
- Registered owner
- Capital Aviation Corporation
- Departed
- FAR · Fargo, ND
- Destination
- Monterey, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BIS · Bismarck Municipal, runway 35, 4,009 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total · 179 in this make and model · 30,000 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4504Q · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.