# NTSB MKC83IA152: Beech E18S, N5600D, Cedar Rapids, IA, July 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1983, 06:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Location: 41.8847° N, 91.7108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THE EASTERN IOWA (CID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8847&lon=-91.7108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33372
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83IA152
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33372/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83IA152

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - jammed (cause)
  - maintenance - improper, company maintenance personnel (cause)
  - landing gear,emergency extension assembly - jammed (cause)
  - maintenance,lubrication - inadequate, company maintenance personnel (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5600D-2022-10-01), registration cancelled 2022-10-01, S/N BA-296 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Registry model: [Beech E18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (registry code 1151006) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BA296
- Airframe hours: 10100
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830711065269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830711065269I), Jul 11, 1983: Beech E18S, Cedar Rapids, IA, Minor damage. Unsafe gear indication for landing. Cranked gear down. Tail gear collapsed on landing. Slide tube lacked grease.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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