- Date
- October 13, 1983, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2864WBeech A-36
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831013073999I
- Case key
- 30825
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,gear locking mechanism - crackedCause
Operation with known deficiencies in equipment - attemptedFactor
Judgment - poorFactor
Analysis
The left main landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Thegear arm was determined to have been bent and cracked after the gear collapsed possibly due to low gear down tension. A new left left gear up bracket had not been installed. An annual inspection signoff was pending this installation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2864W
- Reported as
- Beech A-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-450
- Airframe hours
- 2,005
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ross Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 12, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DAB · Daytona Beach Regional, runway 6, 3,200 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,852 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 159 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Observed at
- DAB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.