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CHI85LA177

1985-04-26 · MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport FCM

N29134 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH 400A), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

AFTER LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD 'THUMP'. A GEAR DOWN & LOCKED INDICATION WAS NOT OBTAINED, HOWEVER, THE MAIN GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN TO THE PILOT. UPON LANDING THE ACFT SWERVED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ONLY THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR WAS FOUND SPLIT OPEN. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_CHI85LA177.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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