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| Date: | Monday 25 May 1998 |
| Time: | 21:12 LT |
| Type: |  Rockwell Aero Commander 690C Jetprop 840 |
| Owner/operator: | Kv Oil & Gas Inc. |
| Registration: | N840V |
| MSN: | 11727 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE-331-5-254 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jacksonville, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Stuart, FL (KSUA) |
| St Simons Is., GA (KSSI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight was on the downwind leg for landing at St. Simons Island when the pilot noticed a gear warning. The pilot elected to divert to Jacksonville. The airplane landed gear up, and came to a stop on an unfoamed runway. An examination of the airplane's landing gear revealed that the left main landing gear failed to extend because the link assembly had jammed against the gear-down lock. It was reported by the FAA that the airplane had just undergone a 5-year landing gear inspection, 22 hours before the accident.
Probable Cause: the left main landing gear failed to extend due to a jammed link assembly.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA98LA168
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 May 1999 | N840V | Kv Oil And Gas Inc | 0 | Hot Springs, VA | |
sub |
| 3 February 2014 | N840V | Private | 4 | Near the Bellevue Family YMCA, Bellevue, Tennessee | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Mar-2024 14:07 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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