- Date
- October 26, 1984, 18:36 local (23:36 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3433UDouglas DC3C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841026058749A
- Case key
- 21612
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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
Due to low oil pressure and high oil temp the right eng was secured. During the precautionary landing gear extension was delayed until aprx 800 ft AGL. Since the right eng powers the only hydraulic pump a landing gear down and locked condition was not possible by the normal means. As the gear were extended and hydraulic pressure began to decrease the plt realized that normal gear extension would not occur. The alt of the acft precluded the emerg extention of the landing gear. Shortly after touchdown the right main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3433U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 43087
- Engine
- P&W R-1830-90C, 1,200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Atorie Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Airport
- ELP · El Paso Intl., runway 26L, 9,000 × 150 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 815 in this make and model · 5,930 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,400 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.