- Date
- February 25, 1989, 15:23 local (20:23 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N294DBeech B60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890225003799I
- Case key
- 32327
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Probable cause
Failure of the left main landing gear retract rod due to poor maintenance and inspection of the main gear assembly.
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
After gear retraction on takeoff, the plt heard a noise & noted that the left main landing gear failed to retract. Attempts to retract or extend were unsuccessful. With the left main down, but unlocked, the gear motor continued to run & produced smoke. The plt pulled the circuit breaker & returned for landing. After touchdown during the landing roll, the left main collapsed. Examination of the failed landing gear revealed the retract push-pull rod had failed. Later, during an operational check, the replacement rod failed exactly as the initial failure. Further examination revealed seizure of the downlock roller assy & cable actuated overcenter release mechanism.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N294D
- Reported as
- Beech B60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P451
- Airframe hours
- 1,068
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541-E1C4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bornmiller, Wilbur
- Registered owner
- Amalgamated Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1988 · 28 hours before
- Airport
- CRG · Craig Municipal, runway 31, 4,007 × 100 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 800 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.