Swearingen SA226TC N237AM

Summary

On 24 May 1984 at about 14:00 local time, a Swearingen SA226TC registered N237AM, operated by Air Midwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident near Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. 19 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 May 1984 at 14:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Albuquerque Int'l Arpt. (ABQ)

Coordinates

35.0592, -106.6203

Aircraft

Swearingen SA226TC

Registration

N237AM

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Air Midwest Airlines, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Roswell → Albuquerque

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84IA157

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 GEAR WAS LOWERED FOR LANDING RT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ALTHOUGH PERSONS ON THE GROUND STATED THE GEAR DOORS APPEARED OPEN. REMEDIAL ACTION BY THE FLT CREW DID NOT RECTIFY THE SITUATION AND A GEAR UP LANDING WAS PERFORMED. WHEN ACFT WAS RAISED FROM RWY AND RT MAIN GEAR DOORS FORCED OPEN, A MECHANICS TOOL, CALLED AN AWL, FELL OUT OF WHEEL WELL. EXAMINATION OF MARKS ON THE AWL AND IN THE WHEEL WELL INDICATED THE AWL BECAME LODGED BTW THE KEELSON WEB AND THE DOOR HINGE. THIS WOULD HAVE BLOCKED THE DOORS FROM OPENING PAST THE HALF WAY POSITION THUS PREVENTING GEAR EXTENSION. A MECHANIC HAD PERFORMED A ROUTINE GEAR INSPECTION USING AN AWL TO ALIGN SOME SCREW HOLES ON THE EVENING PRECEEDING THE INCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.