- Date
- July 17, 1984, 21:40 local (Jul 18, 1984, 02:40 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N492DMBeech C-45H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840717052149I
- Case key
- 33576
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he was unable to get a down & locked indication on the main landing gear when arriving at Columbia. He stated that he went thru the emergency procedures & made two landing attempts but felt the gear was about to collapse & made go-arounds. On the third attempt the nose & main landing gear collapsed. Investigation failed to reveal the point of initial failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N492DM
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AF-804
- Airframe hours
- 31,670
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Astro Airways Corp.
- Registered owner
- T.E. Demint
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OMA · Omaha, NE
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- COU · Regional, runway 2, 6,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,700 total · 600 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N492DM · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.