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| Date: | Sunday 15 September 1985 |
| Time: | 07:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 401 |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Quest Aviation |
| Registration: | N3298Q |
| MSN: | 401-0098 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5800 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO520 E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cheswold, DE -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Winston-salem, NC |
| Dover, DE (33N) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 27, THE PILOT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ROLLED OUT ABOUT 1000 FEET WHEN THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED AND ALL THREE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT REACHED FOR THE GEAR SWITCH, WHICH WAS IN THE UP POSITION, BUT THE GEAR COMPLETED ITS RETRACTION AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ALONG THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 127 FEET. TESTING OF THE SQUAT SWITCH, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, REVEALED THAT THE SWITCH HAD FAILED.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB BFO85LA076
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 August 1991 | N3298Q | Fisher, Hyman S | 1 | Monroe, NC | |
sub |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 29-Mar-2024 14:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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