- Date
- May 3, 1985, 21:42 local (May 4, 1985, 04:42 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N444LMFairchild SA226T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850503074969A
- Case key
- 24713
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed hard and short of the runway. The impact collapsed the right main landing gear and the acft was destroyed by the post crash fire. The plt reported that on short final a muffled 'pop' was heard and the acft yawed to the right. Directional control was regained and the acft landed hard. Post accident inspection failed to disclose any pre-impact failure/malfunction of the acft or engs. Right eng prop slash marks in the rwy indicate pwr was being produced on the eng at touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N444LM
- Reported as
- Fairchild SA226T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T295
- Airframe hours
- 3,468
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-33134303G, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Landmark Land Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · April 6, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- TRM · Thermal, CA
- Destination
- LVK · Livermore, CA
- Airport
- LVK · Livermore, runway 25, 4,005 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 12,700 as pilot in command · 123 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LVK
FAA reports on this event · 1
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