- Date
- October 28, 1989, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- New Braintree, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N504GHNorth American T-28B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891028043579A
- Case key
- 36508
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Probable cause
The failure of the nose gear, which failed to retract with the main landing gear after takeoff; the gear was observed to be misaligned, and collapsed during the aircraft's touchdown.
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
The pilot stated that when he retracted the landing gear after takeoff, he did not get a 'nose gear up' indication. The gear was cycled and ground observers reported that the nose gear appeared to have 'rotated out of proper orientation.' The nose gear collapsed upon touchdown. The cause of the nose gear malfunction was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N504GH
- Reported as
- North American T-28B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 138140
- Engine
- Wright R-1820-86B, 1,425 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard A. Tanner
- Registered owner
- Tan-Air Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1989
- Destination
- 8B5 · New Braintree, MA
- Airport
- 8B5 · Tanner-Hiller, runway 6, 2,810 × 40 ft, dirt
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
- 65
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 236 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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.