- Date
- August 23, 1987, 17:42 local (21:42 UTC)
- Place
- W.Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3767CCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870823080379I
- Case key
- 31801
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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 lt main gear would not extend when the plt attempted to lower the gear & and the acft was landed in that condition. An exam of the strut assy revealed that a bearing, p/n 5041108-1/2 had failed permitting the strut to overextend, jamming the gear in the wheel well. A review of failure records revealed that other similiar acft using this bearing had had similiar failures resulting in similiar accidents. The acft manufacturer was advised & they issued a service letter whereby all acft using this bearing should have the bearing inspected every 1000 flt hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3767C
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0617
- Airframe hours
- 4,970
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E8, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Chandelle Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Chandelle Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 1, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- MYAM · Marsh Harbor,Of
- Destination
- PBI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PBI · West Palm Beach, runway 9L, 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,179 total · 180 in this make and model · 1,869 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °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.
Other investigations on N3767C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.