DEN87IA031

NTSB incident investigation · Beech C-99 · Albuquerque, NM · December 18, 1986

Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal report
Date
December 17, 1986, 23:10 local (Dec 18, 1986, 06:10 UTC)
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Injuries
6 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N7212PBeech C-99
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19861217080959I
Case key
17133

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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.

Main gear collapsedLanding - roll
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - wornCause
Landing gear,gear locking mechanism - failure,totalCause

Analysis

Mesa airline flt 114 was on a scheduled flt from Albuquerque to clovis, NM. Upon touchdown at clovis, the left landing gear began to collapse and a go-around was successful. The crew elected to return to Albuquerque where emerg equipment could stand by. After touchdown, while still on the landing roll, the left gear collapsed. The acft came to a stop and all occupants of the acft deplaned successfully.

Aircraft

Registration
N7212P
Reported as
Beech C-99
Category
Airplane
Serial number
U-220
Airframe hours
7,134
Engine
P&W PT6-36, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Part 135
Operator
Mesa Air Shuttle
Registered owner
Beech Acceptance Corp. Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Continuous airworthiness · November 23, 1986 · 71 hours before
Departed
ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
Destination
CVN · Clovis, NM
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
ABQ · Albuquerque International, runway 8, 13,375 × 300 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
24
Certificates
Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings
Helicopter, Airplane
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
2,400 total · 800 in this make and model · 1,260 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
Wind
80° at 14 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
1,300 ft overcast
Temperature
36 °F, dew point 28 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
ABQ

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 N7212P · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.