- Date
- October 4, 1985, 11:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24ETCessna 414
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851004049019A
- Case key
- 31531
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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.
Gear not extended
Landing gear,main gear shock absorbing strut - failure,partialCause
Wheels up landing - intentional
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - jammedCause
Analysis
The plt stated that his right main gear would not extend, so he circled the arpt for about 1/2 hour to burn off excess fuel, retracted the remaining gear & intentionally landed gear up on rwy 32. Examination of the right main landing it to extend beyond it's acceptable limits and jam in the retracted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24ET
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414-0525
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520 SERI, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Obs Company Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1985 · 200 hours before
- Departed
- SRQ
- Airport
- SRQ · Sarasota, runway 32, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 700 in this make and model · 15,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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