- Date
- September 28, 1991, 21:17 local (Sep 29, 1991, 01:17 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N159MCFairchild SW3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910928063109A
- Case key
- 37021
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Probable cause
A failure of the down lock roller bearings of the right main landing gear, as the result of an improper modification.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane touched down on runway 31. Upon touchdown, the right main landing gear collapsed and the airplane veered off the right side of the runway. The airplane had recently undergone a modification to increase its gross operating weight from 14,500 to 16,000 pounds. It was found that both actuator positioning cams had been ground down at the down lock lobes. Removal of material from the cams is not authorized on this airplane. Both right main landing gear down lock roller bearing outer races had failed. The FAA found one bearing in pieces on the runway, and the other was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N159MC
- Reported as
- Fairchild SW3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 728
- Airframe hours
- 4,205
- Engine
- Garrett TPE33111U612G, 1,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jet Express, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ccd Air Twenty Two, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 26, 1991 · 12 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- ACY · Atlantic City Itnl., runway 31, 10,000 × 180 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,900 total · 105 in this make and model · 402 as pilot in command · 162.5 in the last 90 days · 68 in the last 30 days · 3.7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.