NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX87LA262
Registry · N38WA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 690A
Year of manufacture
1974 · 13 years old at event
Engine
AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES (904 hp)
Seats / Engines
11 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19990518
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A45AE6
Registrant of record
AIRBORNE SUPPORT INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
AT THE END OF A CROSS COUNTRY FLT, THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE HAD EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR APRX 5 MILES FROM THE ARPT AND LOWERED PARTIAL FLAPS. APRX 2 MILES FROM THE ARPT THE PLT MADE SHALLOW S TURNS FOR SPACING AND EXTENDED THE REST OF THE FLAPS. THE PLT DOES NOT REMEMBER IF THERE WERE THREE GREEN. THE REMAINDER OF THE APPROACH THE PLT WAS MAKING CONSTANT POWER ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE HIGH WIND CONDITIONS. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE RWY WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. A WITNESS IN THE AREA OBSERVED THE ACFT LAND WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. WHEN THE ACFT WAS RETRIEVED OFF OF THE RWY, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED WITH THE THREE GREEN INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1987_LAX87LA262.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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