Beechcraft 65-A90 N616AS

Summary

On 19 April 1997 at about 19:20 local time, a Beechcraft 65-A90 registered N616AS, operated by Skydive Salt Lake, was involved in an accident near West Jordan, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 April 1997 at 19:20

Classification

Accident

Location

West Jordan, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Salt Lake City Muni #2 (U42)

Coordinates

40.6197, -111.9807

Aircraft

Beechcraft 65-A90

Registration

N616AS

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Skydive Salt Lake

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA97LA091

Nobody was injured.

landing gear collapsed for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that after parachutists egressed from the airplane, he returned to the airport and found that he did not have a green down-and-locked indication for the left main landing gear. He stated that he executed emergency procedures and did two fly-bys over the runway. Ground personnel stated that the landing gear appeared to be down-and-locked. During the landing roll, the airplane began to slide side-ways, and the right main landing gear began to collapse and eventually separated from the airplane. The left main gear also collapsed as the airplane slid to a stop. After the accident, the upper torque knee on the left main landing gear was found broken. The failure mode of the upper torque knee was not determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.