Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Hickory Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Hickory, North Carolina 28601
Friday, May 14, 1999 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
While on approach, the pilot placed the landing-gear handle in the down position but the right main gear did not extend. All attempts to extend the right main gear failed. The pilot landed on the left main gear and the nose wheel. The right wing settled to the runway and the airplane veered off the right side of the runway and collided with a ditch. A post-accident inspection of the landing gear system by the FAA revealed that the right main gear drive shaft had been sheared, disabling the actuator. Examination of the actuator parts revealed that the ring gear was missing one tooth and the pinion gear, which meshes with the ring gear, had missing and damaged teeth. Examination of the upper and lower thrust bearings revealed that the lower thrust bearing had been installed in reverse. The type of damage the ring and pinion gears exhibited indicated that the gears were not meshing properly. A thrust bearing installed in reverse could create an interference condition between the gears.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The failure of the landing gear actuator due to the improper installation of the lower thrust bearing by maintenance personnel.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/14/1999 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 3 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | HICKORY |
| Event State | NORTH CAROLINA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 28601 |
| Event Date Year | 1999 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | HICKORY REGIONAL AIRPORT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | HKY |
| 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 | 1189 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 1 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | HKY |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1180 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 360 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 10000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 5500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| 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) | 16 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 20 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 1500 |
| 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 | 4 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 719 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 14 1999 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1315 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 12 2000 11:33AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N924RM |
| NTSB Number | ATL99LA086 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Beech |
| Aircraft Model | BE-100 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | BE-100 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | BE-063 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 11800 |
| 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 | 10 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 21 1998 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 72 |
| Airframe Hours | 9872 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | B-100 KINGAIR,LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2910 A SECOND AVENW |
| Aircraft Owner City | HICKORY |
| Aircraft Owner State | NC |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 28601 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | CARROLL G. SMITH |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 2975 RAMBLEWOODS ROAD |
| Operator City | GRANITE FALLS |
| Operator State | NC |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 28630 |
| 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 | RIC |
| Departure City | RICHMOND |
| Departure State | VA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 2150 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | HKY |
| 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 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 6 |
| Runway Length | 6400 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |