N. Little Rock Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

No. Little Rock, Arkansas 72118
Wednesday, April 21, 1993 16:40 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

DURING AN APPROACH THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND REENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. FOLLOWING THE REENTRY THE PILOT PLACED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION FOR THE NEXT APPROACH, A FULL STOP. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT VERIFY THE LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHTS INDICATED 3 IN THE GREEN. FOLLOWING THE GEAR UP LANDING THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND POPPED AND THE GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN. NO REASON COULD BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE POPPED LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO FOLLOW THE CHECKLIST. A FACTOR WAS THE POPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/21/1993
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1640
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City NO. LITTLE ROCK
Event State ARKANSAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 72118
Event Date Year 1993
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport N. LITTLE ROCK
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 1M1
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 542
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 4000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 16
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 270
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 15
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 25
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 187
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Apr 23 1993 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1724
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 50534
Date of most recent change to record Dec 11 2000 1:14PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N3057T
NTSB Number FTW93LA135
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 320C
Aircraft Series Identifier 320C
Aircraft Serial Number 320COO57
Certified Max Gross Weight 5200
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 6
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Aug 1 1992 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 386
Airframe Hours 1896
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name SKY TRADER INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 11516 ROCK VALLEY DRIVE
Aircraft Owner City LITTLE ROCK
Aircraft Owner State AR
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 72212
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name SKY TRADER INC.
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address 11516 ROCK VALLEY DRIVE
Operator City LITTLE ROCK
Operator State AR
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 72212
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code LIT
Departure City LITTLE ROCK
Departure State AR
Departure Country
Departure Time 1600
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 1M1
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:34AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 35
Runway Length 3000
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --