- Date
- December 25, 1992, 16:32 local (23:32 UTC)
- Place
- Gillette, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N302DCCroy KR-2M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921225051629A
- Case key
- 42973
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Jamming of the nose landing gear door opening mechanism and the pilot in command's excessive descent rate upon touchdown.
Analysis
While on downwind for runway 16 the pilot was unable to extend the experimental aircraft's nose landing gear. Attempts to retract the main gear for a gear up landing were also unsuccessful. Tower personnel reported observing the aircraft make a hard landing at the approach end of the runway during which the aircraft did not bounce and skidded to a stop after an approximate 15 foot ground roll. Subsequent examination of the aircraft revealed that the mechanical nose landing gear door opening mechanism had bound up preventing the nose gear doors from opening and subsequent nose gear extension.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N302DC
- Reported as
- Croy KR-2M
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1613-2
- Airframe hours
- 39
- Engine
- Continental C-85-8FJ, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Croy, Jana M.
- Registered owner
- Daniel D. & Barbara J. Croy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- GCC
- Airport
- GCC · Gillette Campbell County, runway 16, 7,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 296 total · 180 in this make and model · 276 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.