- Date
- February 14, 1982, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Factoryville, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N14908Bellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820214003899A
- Case key
- 70643
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 previous flight, there was a landing gear malfunction. A mechanic checked the gear and a decision was made to fly the plane with the gear down to another airport for maintenance. During the subsequent flight, the "gear down" speed was not exceeded. While landing, the aircraft touched down on the main gear about 10 ft short of the runway. The plane bounced, and on the second touchdown, the left gear collapsed. An examination revealed that the brushes in the landing gear power pack were completely worn. No other pre-crash gear problems were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14908
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 74-30662
- Airframe hours
- 994
- Engine
- Continental IO-520K, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard C. Post
- Registered owner
- Richard C. Post
- Departed
- Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Destination
- Stow, MA
- Airport
- Seamans, runway 22, 2,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,046 total · 502 in this make and model · 928 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.