ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66276
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| Date: | Monday 3 February 1969 |
| Time: | 17:16 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 65 Queen Air |
| Owner/operator: | Civil Flying Services Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-CFD |
| MSN: | LC-184 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Jandakot Airport, Perth, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Perth Jandakot (JAD/YPJT) Western Australia |
| Perth Jandakot (JAD/YPJT), Western Australia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Civil Flying Services Pty Ltd was registered as a company on the 26 August 1960. On 1 April 1968 Civil Flying Services, using Beechcraft Barons and Beechcraft Queen Air aircraft, and Southern Airlines Piper Navajos and Cessna twins, began to jointly operate a Perth to Rottnest route from this date following the decision by MMA to withdraw their DC-3 service to the island.
On 3 February 1969, in the traffic circuit at Rottnest Island the landing gear of Beech 65 Queenair VH-CFD was lowered, but cockpit indicators showed the starboard undercarriage to be unlocked. The aircraft returned to Perth where an aerial inspection from another aircraft showed that, when cycling the landing gear, the port and nose undercarriages retracted and extended, but the starboard undercarriage remained stationary almost fully extended but not locked down.
Operation of the emergency, manual landing gear extension system was ineffective in locking down the starboard undercarriage. The aircraft was landed at Perth Airport with 15 degrees of flap extended. The aircraft was gently braked and engines closed down. As the aircraft stopped,the starboard undercarriage collapsed and the aircraft subsided on to the starboard wing tip, flaps and one blade of the starboard propeller.
Ex-US registration N8929U; repaired and returned to service after this incident, only for the same thing to happen again, two years later. On 15 October 1971 Civil Flying Services Beechcraft Queen Air VH-CFD had an undercarriage collapse at the intersection of the two main runways at Perth. This closed the airport to all but light aircraft while the Beechcraft Queen Air was removed.
Finally withdrawn from service in May 1985.
Sources:
1. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1969/aair/aair196904716.aspx
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austcl/VH-CFD(2).html
3. http://www.aviationcollection.org/Civil%20Flying%20Services/Civil%20Flying%20Services.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2009 02:58 | VHKDK | Added |
| 02-Apr-2014 02:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 19:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Jun-2022 21:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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