- Date
- October 7, 1985, 17:42 local (22:42 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4302FFairchild F-27
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851007057319A
- Case key
- 21982
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Analysis
Acft veered left off the runway shortly after touchdown, collapsing the nose gear. Winds at the time would have resulted in direct crosswind of 9 kns. The crew that was contracted to ferry the acft noted, when they picked it up, that there were several open equipment discrepancies, including one that stated that the primary prop ground fine pitch control sys was inop. Prior to the accident lndg, the crew had made 2 landings using the secondary sys, which involved engaging the gust lock on, momentarily after touchdown, to engage the prop controls. The PIC stated that this procedure was done after touchdown and that at the same time he noticed the acft veering left. He could not correct with either rudder or nose gear steering.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4302F
- Reported as
- Fairchild F-27
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce 514-7, 1,535 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Don S. Burns
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- TPA · Tampas, FL
- Destination
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HOU · Houston Hobby, runway 22, 7,600 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,561 total · 1,512 in this make and model · 3,192 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU
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 N4302F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.