# NTSB FTW88IA129: Embraer EMB-110P1, N91DA, Abilene, TX, July 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: July 9, 1988, 09:44 local (14:44 UTC)
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Location: 32.4113° N, 99.6819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABILENE RGNL (ABI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4113&lon=-99.6819&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 10 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22575
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88IA129
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22575/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88IA129

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear collapsed, landing
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN WHEELS, BOUNCED, THEN TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY WITH ALL THREE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED WITH THE GEAR DOORS CLOSED. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, NO ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, OR HYDRAULIC MALFUNCTIONS COULD BE FOUND. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY DURING GROUND OPERATIONAL TESTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N91DA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91DA-1998-04-01), registration cancelled 1998-04-01, S/N 110393 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-110P1
- Registry model: [Embraer EMB-110P1](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-110p1) (registry code 3260122) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 110-393
- Airframe hours: 13153
- Engines: P&W PT6A-34 750 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Atlantic Southeast
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, July 7, 1988, 6 hours before
- Departed: DFW, DALLAS/FT WORTH, TX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ABI, Municipal, runway 17R, 7,202 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,688 total, 1,103 in this make and model, 1,988 as pilot in command, 218 in the last 90 days, 87 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19880709027339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880709027339I), Jul 9, 1988: Emb EMB110P1, Abilene, TX, Minor damage. Ballooned on landing with gear down then gear collapsed on second touchdown. No defects found. Possible pilot error

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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