- Date
- March 22, 1985, 20:26 local (Mar 23, 1985, 04:26 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 12 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CGYRDSwearingen SA 226TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24482
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Analysis
On this leg of the flt, the 1st officer (fo) was flying the acft while the captain (capt) was monitoring & conducting ATC communications. Reportedly, the aircrew had followed the checklist during arrival; however, the acft was landed withthe gear retracted. When the acft touched down, pieces of the r prop blades broke off & entered the right side of the fuselage, between & below the 1st & 2nd windows. Five pieces penetrated the passenger compartment & seriously injured a passenger in the 1st row. The other 1st row passenger received minor injuries. The capt stated he had put the gear handle in the down position. The fo remembered calling for gear extension, but did not recall actually noticing the gearbeing lowered. Damages indicated the gear doors were closed during touchdown. The gear & warning systems were checked & they functioned normally. The fo had pulled the gear warning circuit breaker (cb) on the prev flt, but had reset it. He speculated the cb may not have been all the way in (not fully reset); thus, deactivating the gear warning system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGYRD
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA 226TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC278
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Sun Aire Lines
- Registered owner
- Perimeter Airlines (Limited)
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 18, 1985 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- IPL · Imperial, CA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- LAX · Los Angeles Intl, runway 25R, 12,091 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,993 total · 1,658 in this make and model · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAX