Beechcraft F33A N2048Z

Summary

On 4 May 1982 at about 22:30 local time, a Beechcraft F33A registered N2048Z, operated by Air Safety Investigator's, Inc, was involved in an incident near Chesterfield, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 May 1982 at 22:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Spirit of St. Louis (SUS)

Coordinates

38.6490, -90.5308

Aircraft

Beechcraft F33A

Registration

N2048Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Air Safety Investigator's, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chesterfield → Chesterfield

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC82IA071

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING FOR LANDING, THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND STATED THAT HE FELT IT EXTEND BUT COULD NOT RECALL SEEING THE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHTS BECAUSE HE WAS SCANNING FOR TRAFFIC. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS HE EXPERIENCED A RAPID ELECTRICAL POWER DECAY. THE PILOT SATISFIED HIMSELF THAT THE GEAR WAS LOCKED DOWN BY USING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM. AFTER RECEIVING A GREEN LIGHT FROM THE TOWER, THE PILOT LANDED ON THE MAIN GEAR AND EASED THE NOSE WHEEL ONTO THE RUNWAY. AS THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROP AND NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT ONE DIODE IN THE ALTERNATOR AND THE STORAGE BATTERY WERE INOPERATIVE, AND THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. THE NOSE GEAR EXTENSION BRACE WAS FOUND BENT ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE NOSE GEAR FROM EXTENDING COMPLETELY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.