- Date
- October 2, 1990, 23:59 local (Oct 3, 1990, 03:59 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7128JBeech C-90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901002045819A
- Case key
- 32778
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Probable cause
The lack of lubrication by maintenance personnel of the nose landing gear actuator.
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
During flt before accident flt, the landing gear malfunctioned. Emergency gear extension was accomplished but required excessive force. Maintenance personnel lubricated the nose gear retract chain & adjusted the gear down light indicator switch. The airplane was flown with no discrepancies noted. The accident flt was uneventful until after lowering the landing gear selector handle, the gear did not fully extend. The emergency method was unsuccessful. The main gear collapsed during the landing roll. Exam of the landing gear system revealed that the nose gear actuator was seized due to lack of lubrication. The acft logbooks indicate that all gear actuators were replaced on 8-23-86. There were no further entries indicating that they were lubricated. According to the maint manual, the actuators should be removed for lubrication every 1,000 cycles of operation or 30 mos., whichever occurs first. The acft accumulated 3,154 cycles since replacement of the actuators.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7128J
- Reported as
- Beech C-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ619
- Airframe hours
- 13,032
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dodson Aviation, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 19, 1990 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- OJC · Olathe, KS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TPA · Tampa Int'L, runway 9, 6,998 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 13,338 total · 900 in this make and model · 12,935 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- TPA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.