- Date
- January 29, 1984, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99JWSwearingen SA-226T
- Weather
- Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840129042129A
- Case key
- 35495
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.
Complete gear collapsed
Landing gear,gear indicating system - undeterminedFactor
Wheels up landing - inadvertentCause
Checklist - not followedCause
Analysis
The plt broke out of the overcast at 1000 ft lowered flaps and landed the acft with the gear retracted. The plt said he had lowered the gear. The gear warning horn reportedly did not sound.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99JW
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA-226T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- SA-226
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331, 904 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J.F.& M.P. Welch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- BTV · Burlington, VT
- Destination
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PHL · Philadelphia, runway 17, 5,460 × 150 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,510 total · 576 in this make and model · 6,510 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.