- Date
- June 3, 1984, 08:13 local (12:13 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N112FBGrumman G-111
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840603024919I
- Case key
- 31041
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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
After a repositioning flt, the main gear collapsed. An exam of the hand pump selector control valve revealed that one of the two dump ports for thr flap position had a hydraulic leak. Reportedly, this allowed system pressure to retract the gear. The valve, p/n 9055-1, had a total flt time of 1662.8 hrs since being installed on 7/21/81.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N112FB
- Reported as
- Grumman G-111
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 148328
- Airframe hours
- 8,458
- Engine
- Wright R-1820-82, 1,475 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chalk'S Int'L Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 2, 1984 · 1,027 hours before
- Departed
- FLL · Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- PBI · West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport
- PBI · West Palm Beach, runway 9, 7,991 × 150 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.