- Date
- March 6, 1985, 10:57 local (15:57 UTC)
- Place
- Kingstown, RI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N111SKAero Commander 680V
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850306007979A
- Case key
- 35836
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While en route at 12,500 ft, the plt noted a slight shudder & heard a 'wind noise' then the gear unsafe light illuminated. The plt slowed the acft to 135 KTS & tried recycling the gear, but the gear only dropped to the point where it would twist. All attempts to lower the gear were to no avail. The plt then flew to Kingstown & landed with the gear up. An exam revealed that a hydraulic line, pn 6790244-227, had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111SK
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 680V
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 680V-1710
- Airframe hours
- 5,542
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE 331, 575 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John A. Sturm
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1983 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- Hartford, CT
- Destination
- CHO · Charlottesville, VA
- Airport
- Quonset, runway 34, 8,000 × 200 ft, macadam
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,466 total · 135 in this make and model · 6,300 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.