# NTSB MIA88LA165: Rockwell 500-S, N57222, Jacksonville, FL, May 8, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1988, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32178
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA165
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32178/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA165

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, standing
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - binding(mechanical) (cause)
  - maintenance,adjustment - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - maintenance - poor, company/operator management (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57222-1989-10-13), registration cancelled 1989-10-13, S/N 3260 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL 500-S
- Registry model: [Rockwell International 500-S](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-500-s) (registry code 7630410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3260
- Airframe hours: 2000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880508053249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880508053249A), May 8, 1988: Gulstm 500S, Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. Left gear collapsed on engine shutdown after parking. Witness reported rough handling by pilot. Gear not maintained

## Other investigations on N57222 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC83FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA059), Jan 30, 1983: Rockwell 500-S (N57222), Kansas City, KS, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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