Beechcraft 95-B55 N677K

Summary

On 6 November 1983 at about 00:22 local time, a Beechcraft 95-B55 registered N677K was involved in an accident near Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 November 1983 at 00:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Tulsa Int'l (TUL)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95-B55

Registration

N677K

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84LA044

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

DURING A MISSED APPROACH FROM A PRACTICE ILS APCH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD DURING GEAR RETRACTION. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TOEXTEND THE GEAR, BOTH NORMALLY & MANUALLY, RESULTED IN THE RIGHT GEAR REMAINING UP & LOCKED WITH THE INBOARD GEAR DOOR SLIGHTLY OPEN. THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT WITH THE RIGHT GEAR RETRACTED, & THE ACFT SWERVED RIGHT INTO A TAXIWAY DIRECTION SIGN. THE RIGHT GEAR WAS FOUND HELD IN THE UP POSITION BY THE GEAR UP LOCK. A SPRING, P/N 35-815115, DESIGNED TO LIFT THE UP LOCK OUT OF POSITION ALLOWING THE GEAR DOWN SEQUENCE TO BEGIN WAS MISSING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.