Bellanca 14-19-3A N8549R

Summary

On 27 April 1986 at about 00:00 local time, a Bellanca 14-19-3A registered N8549R was involved in an accident near Lower Lake, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 April 1986 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lower Lake, California, United States

Nearest airport

Pearce (209)

Coordinates

38.8790, -122.5506

Aircraft

Bellanca 14-19-3A

Registration

N8549R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lakeport → Lower Lake

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86LA212

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 ACFT DEPARTED LAMPSON ARPT THE LEFT LDG GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. GND WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITH ONLY THE LEFT GEAR EXTENDED. THE PLT REPORTED HE OBSERVED ALL THREE LDG GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE ACFT LANDED ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND SUBSEQUENTLY SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL LIFTED THE AIRPLANE AND MANUALLY PUMPED THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLIES DOWN USING THE AIRPLANE'S MANUAL HYDRAULIC HAND PUMP. THE AIRPLANE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE BEFORE THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM COULD BE INSPECTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.