- Date
- January 2, 1984, 01:47 local (06:47 UTC)
- Place
- Teterboro, NJ
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N322CSLockheed 1329-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35439
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Door,landing gear - jammedCause
Gear extension - not possible
Gear collapsed
Analysis
N322CS landed with the left main landing gear partially extended after emergency gear extention procedures failed. Investigation revealed the left actuator cover door & strut cover doors jammed where the two pass in close proximity during the gear extention sequence. The failure mode that caused the jam was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N322CS
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1329-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5208
- Airframe hours
- 2,723
- Engine
- Airesearch TFE-731-31F, 3,700 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Business Jet Airline (Bjaa)
- Registered owner
- Island Helicopter Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 20, 1983 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- PWK · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TEB · Teterboro, runway 24, 6,013 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,600 total · 225 in this make and model · 10,200 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TEB