Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 15 AVR 2003 |
| Heure: | 20:41 MDT |
| Type/Sous-type: | Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
| Compagnie: | Superior Aviation |
| Immatriculation: | N229AM |
| Numéro de série: | TC-305 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1979 |
| Heures de vol: | 31643 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Garrett TPE331-10UA |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Denver International Airport, CO (DEN) (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | A l'atterrissage (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Gunnison Airport, CO (GUC), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 1813 |
While approaching Denver runway 35L, the landing gear was lowered, but did not show three greens. The crew said that this had been a recurring problem with this particular airplane. The landing gear was cycled but this did not solve the problem as it had in the past. After consulting the emergency checklist, the crew felt confident that the landing gear was extended and locked because the hydraulic pressure gauge indicated 2,000 pounds. The airplane landed wheels up. Propeller blade fragments penetrated the fuselage and breached the pressure vessel.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the landing gear system and the flight crew's failure to ascertain that the landing gear was down and locked. A contributing factor was the inadequate maintenance inspections performed by maintenance personnel." Sources:
» NTSB
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Gunnison Airport, CO et Denver International Airport, CO est de 243 km (152 miles).
La distance entre Gunnison Airport, CO et Denver International Airport, CO est de 243 km (152 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
