- Date
- May 1, 1991, 09:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Oxford, CT
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N445BLIsrael Aircraft Industries 1124A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910501013879A
- Case key
- 36918
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain the proper landing descent rate and the resultant right main landing gear assembly collapse.
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 aircraft completed an instrument approach and landed hard on the runway surface first with the left gear then the right gear. The tires burst and the lower fuselage came into contact with the runway surface. After the nose gear touched down, the right main landing gear collapsed and the pilot lost control of the aircraft. It veered to the left and departed the runway, coming to rest approximately 150 to 200 yards from the point of departure. Initial touch down occurred about 12 feet from the threshold, ten feet left of centerline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N445BL
- Reported as
- Israel Aircraft Industries 1124A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 382
- Engine
- Garrett TFE731-3-1G, 3,700 horsepower, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Pga Tour Investments
- Registered owner
- Pga Tour Investments
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SGJ · St.Augustine, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OXC · Waterbury-Oxford, runway 36, 5,000 × 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,990 total · 2,290 in this make and model · 7,100 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °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.