- Date
- July 31, 1983, 23:00 local (Aug 1, 1983, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Valley, NE
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17CPBeech A100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830731039569A
- Case key
- 33452
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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.
Hard landing
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Flare - improperCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,gear locking mechanism - overload
Analysis
While landing at night, the acft touched down hard, then swerved off the left side of the rwy. An exam of the acft revealed that the left landing gear down plate, pn 99810022, had failed. An exam of the plate revealed that it had failed from overload.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17CP
- Reported as
- Beech A100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- B243
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-28, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- D & L Leasing
- Registered owner
- Stan Schlueter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- INL · Intern'L. Falls, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Y45 · Rogert Airstrip, runway 35, 2,600 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMH, 21 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.