ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325204
| Date: | Tuesday 17 August 1993 |
| Time: | 02:25 |
| Type: |  Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
| Owner/operator: | Aviation Services |
| Registration: | N220KC |
| MSN: | TC-231 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 16710 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-3U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hartford-Brainard Airport, CT (HFD) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Farmingdale-Republic Field, NY (FRG/KFRG) |
| Hartford-Brainard Airport, CT (HFD/KHFD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While approaching runway 02, the crew forgot to lower the landing gear. The circuit breaker for the gear warning horn had been pulled at some previous flights by other crew to prevent it from sounding during a high speed descent.
Propeller blades contacted the runway at a speed of 96 knots. When the crew tried to perform a go-around, the speed had dropped 10 knots. The aircraft cleared a stone wall, crashed into the water and sank into Connecticut River.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the co-pilot (second-in-command) to follow the checklist, assure the gear was extended for landing and attain or maintain adequate airspeed (VMC); and failure of the pilot-in-command (PIC) to properly supervise the flight and take sufficient remedial action."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/95
NTSB
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