Approximately 17:00 PDT, a Beech C33, N1310A, experienced a landing gear collapse or inadvertent retraction while performing a touch-and-go landing on runway 30 at Portland-Hillsboro Airport and the aircraft slid to a stop on its belly. The pilot and his passenger were uninjured. The pilot said he lowered the gear on downwind at midfield, and rechecked it on base and final. He said the approach and touchdown were normal but that, while rolling on the runway just after touchdown, he saw the nose start to go down. The pilot pulled back on the yoke but was going too slow to raise the nose. Inspectors found overstress damage to the nose landing gear linkage. In a post-accident test, investigators were able to extend the main landing gear manually but not the nose gear. In addition, the pilot did not meet the recency of experience requirements for carrying passengers.
Apr. 17, Hillsboro, Ore. / Beech C33
Approximately 17:00 PDT, a Beech C33, N1310A, experienced a landing gear collapse or inadvertent retraction while performing a touch-and-go landing on runway 30 at Portland-Hillsboro Airport and the aircraft slid to a stop on its belly. The pilot and his passenger were uninjured. The pilot said he lowered the gear on downwind at midfield, and rechecked it on base and final. He said the approach and touchdown were normal but that, while rolling on the runway just after touchdown, he saw the nose start to go down. The pilot pulled back on the yoke but was going too slow to raise the nose. Inspectors found overstress damage to the nose landing gear linkage. In a post-accident test, investigator...
Key Takeaways:
- A Beech C33 experienced a landing gear collapse or inadvertent retraction during a touch-and-go landing at Portland-Hillsboro Airport, resulting in the aircraft sliding on its belly with no injuries to the pilot or passenger.
- Post-accident inspection revealed overstress damage to the nose landing gear linkage, and investigators could not manually extend the nose gear, suggesting a mechanical failure.
- The pilot reported lowering and checking the gear multiple times, but during the roll-out, the nose began to go down despite his efforts to raise it.
- Additionally, the pilot did not meet the required recency of experience for carrying passengers.
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