- Date
- December 15, 1983, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Lake City, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N444DBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831215070819A
- Case key
- 31068
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Analysis
The plt landed with the nose gear partially extended. The plt reported that he heard a crack while the landing gear was retracting after takeoff. He put the gear handle back down and continued to Lake City. After flying several low passes, the control tower confirmed that the nose gear was only partially extended. All efforts to extend the gear failed and the nose gear collpased during landing roll. After the accident, maintenance personnel confirmed that the extension system had failed preventing normal extension of the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N444D
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 586
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Continental E-185, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter C. Adams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1983 · 125 hours before
- Departed
- FL10 · Mcalpin, FL
- Airport
- 31J · Lake City, runway 5, 6,005 × 200 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 900 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Observed at
- GNV, 34 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.
Other investigations on N444D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.