- Date
- September 22, 1983, 18:23 local (22:23 UTC)
- Place
- Opa-Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N967Beech E18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830922075279I
- Case key
- 30834
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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.
Analysis
Both normal and emergency landing gear systems failed duringthe landing apch. The gear motor cutout switch was struck anthe emergency instruction plate in the cockpit was installed backwards. The pilot states that he had tried turning the handle in both directions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N967
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA 395
- Airframe hours
- 4,658
- Engine
- P&W R-985AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Pro Air Services
- Registered owner
- George K. Armagost
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 31, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Destination
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- OPF · Opa-Locka, runway 12, 3,331 × 244 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,450 total · 4,515 in this make and model · 16,000 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Observed at
- MIA, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.