Denver Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Denver, Colorado 80238
Thursday, November 21, 1985 19:44 MST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

AFTER TO FROM A SNOW COVERED RW, THE LG DWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS IN THE COCKPIT REMAINED ILLUMINATED ON LG RETRACT THE CREW DID NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AS A LOG GEAR INO SYS MALFUNCTION NOR WERE THEY FAMILIAR WITH THE CORRECT PROC TO LOWER LG WHEN THIS MALFUNCTION OCCURS. THEY ATTEMPTED TO LWR LG FOR LOG AT DEN WITH LG HANDLE WHICH RESULTED IN NOSE LG EXTENSION ONLY. THE CORRECT PROCEEDURE OF PULLING THE EMER T HANDLE WAS USED DURING THE GO-AROUND FOLLOWING THE MISHAP.SUBSEQUENT LOG WAS MADE WITH-OUT INCIDENT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Incident
Event Date 11/21/1985
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1944
Event Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Event City DENVER
Event State COLORADO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 80238
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport DENVER
Event Location Nearest Airport ID DEN
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 5330
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 2000 Mountain Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID DEN
Elevation of weather observation facility 5330
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation MST
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -9
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 270
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 3
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 2990
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 5
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 5063
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Nov 22 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 755
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 29737
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N1909D
NTSB Number DEN86IA026
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Minor
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name NORTH AMERICAN
Aircraft Model NA-265-40
Aircraft Series Identifier NA-265-40
Aircraft Serial Number 282-57
Certified Max Gross Weight 18650
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 Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Jul 27 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 46
Airframe Hours 6403
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name P & S PARTNERS
Aircraft Owner Street Address HEMMETER CTR, 2424 KALAKAUA AV
Aircraft Owner City HONOLULU
Aircraft Owner State HI
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 96815
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name MAYO AVIAITON INC
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 8895 MONTVIEW BLVD
Operator City DENVER
Operator State CO
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 80220
Operator Code MAYA
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
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 Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code BZN
Departure City BOSEMAN
Departure State MT
Departure Country
Departure Time 1830
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code DEN
Destination City DENVER
Destination State CO
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 26
Runway Length 10010
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --