Swearingen SA226TC N163MA

Summary

On 16 April 1984 at about 23:57 local time, a Swearingen SA226TC registered N163MA, operated by Midstate Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. 10 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 April 1984 at 23:57

Classification

Incident

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

General Mitchell (MKE)

Coordinates

43.0509, -87.8905

Aircraft

Swearingen SA226TC

Registration

N163MA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Midstate Airlines, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Indianapolis → Milwaukee

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84IA155

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

A GEAR UP LANDING WAS PERFORMED AFTER THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE RGT MAIN GEAR THRU NORMAL & EMERG PROCEDURES. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT DISCLOSED THE RGT MAIN GEAR DOOR AFT HINGE BOLT WAS SLIGHTLY BENT & DIFFICULT TO ROTATE IN ITS BUSHING. THE BUSHING & BOLT WERE DRY & HAD NOT BEEN LUBRICATED RECENTLY. THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WAS NOT CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING ENOUGH PRESSURE TO OVERCOME THE BINDING DOOR. THE BUSHING HAD NOT RECENTLY BEEN INSPECTED OR LUBRICATED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION BEING DIFFICULT TO ACCESS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.