Beechcraft B200 N6338T

Summary

On 13 December 1982 at about 18:22 local time, a Beechcraft B200 registered N6338T, operated by La Barge, Inc., was involved in an incident near Chesterfield, Missouri, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 December 1982 at 18:22

Classification

Incident

Location

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Spirit of St. Louis (SUS)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft B200

Registration

N6338T

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

La Barge, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chesterfield → Chicago

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83IA036

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

UPON ARRIVAL OVER CHICAGO, IL, THE CREW DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. AFTER NUMEROUS UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR, THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME BASE AIRPORT AND MAKE A GEAR UP LANDING. THE LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A LOCKING NUT HAD BACKED OFF A TAPERED PIN AT THE INBOARD UNIVERSAL JOINT IN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR EXTENSION/RETRACTION TORQUE TUBE. THIS ALLOWED THE TAPERED PIN TO BACK OUT, DISCONNECTING THE TORQUE TUBE FROM THE GEAR DRIVE MOTOR. NO EVIDENCE OF FACTORY TORQUE STRIPPING WAS FOUND ON THE NUT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.