- Date
- April 8, 1982, 18:30 local (Apr 9, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hereford, TX
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N64463Beech C-18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820408008739A
- Case key
- 71018
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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 experienced total electrical failure during flight. Before landing he allowed the gear to free fall and attempted to crank it into the fully extended and locked position. When the crank would not turn he assumed the gear was in the locked down position. The pilot landed, rolled out, and taxied to the ramp and stopped. When he added power to reposition the aircraft the landing gear retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64463
- Reported as
- Beech C-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4534
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Androsky
- Registered owner
- Charles Androsky
- Departed
- LBF · North Platte, NE
- Destination
- PPO · Herefore, TX
- Airport
- HRX · Hereford
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,670 total · 170 in this make and model · 3,650 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
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 N64463 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.