- Date
- May 4, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2048ZBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820504036589I
- Case key
- 70219
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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
When the aircraft was returning for landing, the pilot selected gear down and stated that he felt it extend but could not recall seeing the green gear down lights because he was scanning for traffic. Shortly afterwards he experienced a rapid electrical power decay. The pilot satisfied himself that the gear was locked down by using the emergency gear extension system. After receiving a green light from the tower, the pilot landed on the main gear and eased the nose wheel onto the runway. As the nose wheel touched the runway the nose gear collapsed and the prop and nose of the airplane struck the runway. Subsequent inspection revealed that one diode in the alternator and the storage battery were inoperative, and the voltage regulator was not operating properly. The nose gear extension brace was found bent enough to prevent the nose gear from extending completely.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2048Z
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE828
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Safety Investigator'S, Inc
- Registered owner
- Air Safety Investigator'S, Inc
- Departed
- SUS · Chesterfield, MO
- Destination
- SUS · Chesterfield, MO
- Airport
- SUS · Spirit Of St. Louis, runway 25, 6,008 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,897 total · 986 in this make and model · 2,722 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 172 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.