- Date
- September 29, 1983, 11:29 local (15:29 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8678ABeech A35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830929054219A
- Case key
- 30942
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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
The pilot heard a loud bang when the gear was retracted. After many attempts to extend the gear, the pilot burned off fuel, had the rwy foamed & a gear up landing was made. During the last annual inspection the landing gear actuator was removed and the worm gear assembly and bearings were replaced. The landing gear actuator was found jammed. The spur and pinion washer (p/n 105-090CR-032-4J) was not installed & two bearing seal rings (p/n nas 50-125 and p/n 35-810116) were not installed. One of these distorted seal rings was found on the cabin floor near the landing gear handcrank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8678A
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D2088
- Airframe hours
- 7,338
- Engine
- Continental E-185, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cablematic Action Wire & Cable
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 1983 · 66 hours before
- Destination
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando Executive, runway 31, 4,620 × 100 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,245 total · 93 in this make and model · 1,041 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.