ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145283
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 April 2012 |
| Time: | 17:04 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8121R |
| MSN: | TH-690 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9093 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Joe Foss Field Airport - KFSD, Sioux Falls, SD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Tea, SD (Y14) |
| Rapid City, SD (RAP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he was unable to fully retract the landing gear after takeoff and the landing gear position indicator transition light remained illuminated. He tried to manually extend the landing gear, but the crank arm was difficult to turn. Unable to fully extend or retract the landing gear, the pilot diverted to a nearby airport where he performed a landing with the gear partially extended, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane. During the postaccident recovery and examination of the airplane, the landing gear was cycled repeatedly using the airplane’s normal (electrical) landing gear system and operated normally. Although the manual landing gear extension handle was difficult to turn during postaccident testing, this would not explain why the gear would not retract. Postaccident examination of the landing gear system could not duplicate the condition that resulted in the partial gear-up landing.
Probable Cause: The failure of the normal and emergency landing gear system to fully retract or extend the landing gear for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examinations, which resulted in a partial gear-up landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2012 10:43 | Geno | Added |
| 25-Apr-2012 14:28 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:35 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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