- Date
- September 12, 1989, 20:45 local (Sep 13, 1989, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9604RBeech G18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890913034489I
- Case key
- 32335
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to correctly perform the emergency gear extension procedures. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the normal gear extension system.
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 lowered the landing gear selector handle while on apch to land but the gear did not extend. The flt departed the arpt traffic area & the plt attempted to lower the gear via the emergency extension procedures but was unable. The plt performed a low apch past the tower for confirmation that the gear was down & was advised that it appeared to be. The flt returned for landing & after touchdown, the gear collapsed. After the incident while raising the plane from the rwy, the plt was asked to lower the gear via the emergency method but was unable because he released the clutch while cranking the gear down. The correct procedure was to hold the clutch in while doing so. An exam of the acft revealed a failure of the dynamic brake relay. The purpose of the relay was to prevent coasting of the gear motor & gears by momentarily reversing the motor when the up limit was reached, but the failure prevented it from doing so. The failed component was replaced & the gear operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9604R
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-464
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Jim Ratliff Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GWO · Greenwood, MS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- JAN · Jackson Int'L, runway 15R, 8,501 × 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
- 42
- 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
- 2,350 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.