- Date
- October 16, 1986, 21:18 local (Oct 17, 1986, 02:18 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 13 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N251AMSwearingen SA-226-TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861016072509I
- Case key
- 34304
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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
During the approach, the right main landing gear would not extend by normal or emergency means. Airplane was intentionally landed with all landing gear retracted. Inspection indicated gear doors pulled closed farther than normal due to right main landing gear roller being stuck below the roller follower arm. Gears doors were stuck closed which in turn effectively locked gear inside gear doors.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N251AM
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA-226-TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-376
- Airframe hours
- 12,492
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-10UA, 940 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Air Midwest, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · August 15, 1986 · 151 hours before
- Departed
- STL · St.Louis, MO
- Destination
- TBN · Ft.Leonard Wood, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SGF · Regional, runway 19, 7,003 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,466 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.