- Date
- May 8, 1988, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N57222Rockwell 500-S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880508053249A
- Case key
- 32178
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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 plt stated that he had just brought the acft to a stop & had shut down both engs. At that time, the lt. gear collapsed. Maintenance crew found that one of the actuating cyls was out of adjustment & the bungee cords were weak. The gear assy itself appeared to be lacking in lubrication. Witnesses stated the plt appeared to be in a hurry as he taxied to the ramp. They saw the acft make two very sharp turns, with the inside wheel being stopped during the turn & the acft was permitted to pivot on the stopped wheel during the turn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57222
- Reported as
- Rockwell 500-S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3260
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Center, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air Center, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- APT · Jasper, TN
- Destination
- JAX · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- Jacksonville Int'L
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,547 total · 192 in this make and model · 3,307 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 1 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 N57222 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.