Aircraft Crashes Record Office
Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques

Accident description
   
     
Date & Time
 
18NOV2003 at 0721LT
Type of Aircraft
 
Operator
 
Registration
 
N332BA
Location
 
Grand Junction
   
Flight number
   
Schedule
 
Rifle - Grand Junction
 
Construction number
 
TC-222E
Year of manufacture
 
1976
     
Crew on board
 
1
Pax on board
 
0
Crew fatalities
 
0
Pax fatalities
 
0
Other fatalities
 
0
Total fatalities
 
0

Circumstances
   
 
On a cargo flight from Rifle to Grand Junction, Colorado, the pilot completed the approach checklis. After deploying undercarriage, three green lights appeared on the panel and the pilot completed his landing. The aircraft landed on its main landing gear and the nose drop past level and struck the runway surface. The aircraft skidded for approximately 3,000 feet before stopping on the main runway. The investigations will try to understand why the nose gear did not extend despite the fact that three green lights were on.


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