- Date
- December 10, 1988, 10:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Hutchinson, KS
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61BECessna 650
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881210053339A
- Case key
- 34669
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Analysis
Purpose of flight was to prepare the left-seat pilot for a type rating, and this was his first landing since completing ground school. There was another student in the jump seat, and two more in the back of the airplane. The airplane was landing on runway 31; winds were from 010 degrees at 16 knots. The airplane touched down in a crab, bounced, touched down again in a left drift, and then the left main gear collapsed. The students in the left and jump seats stated that the CFI called for touch-and-go; CFI stated that he did not. The flaps were found in the full-down position. The CFI had made only 2 landings in the airplane during the previous 4 months. During postaccident testing, gear would not free fall to a locked position until weight increased well beyond acceptance criteria. The lead seal on the down-and-locked indicator switch was missing. Switch adjusted in 1/16-inch increments; adjustment inconclusive. Black material was found in the locking collar, but whether the amount found would have affected the lock mechanism was also inconclusive.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61BE
- Reported as
- Cessna 650
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 650-0129
- Airframe hours
- 665
- Engine
- Airesearch TFE-731-3B, 3,650 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jetcraft Inc
- Registered owner
- Jetcraft Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 18, 1988 · 43 hours before
- Airport
- HUT · Hutchinson, runway 31, 7,000 × 200 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,435 total · 67 in this make and model · 5,100 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUT
FAA reports on this event · 1
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