- Date
- July 11, 1983, 06:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5600DBeech E18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830711065269I
- Case key
- 33372
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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.
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - jammedCause
Maintenance - improperCause
Landing gear,emergency extension assembly - jammedCause
Maintenance,lubrication - inadequateCause
Analysis
The tailwheel failed to extend fully due to a lack of lubrication. The acft was landed normally and the tailwheel collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5600D
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA296
- Airframe hours
- 10,100
- Engine
- P&W R-985 JR, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Dwyer Acft. Service
- Registered owner
- Morrey L. Wyman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1983
- Departed
- DSM · Des Moines, IA
- Airport
- CID · Municipal, runway 13, 5,450 × 150 ft, asphalt
N5600DRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 2022 · Beech E18SAirframe modelBeech E18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,250 total · 60 in this make and model · 270 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.