ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace 3101 Jetstream 31 N165PC Knoxville-Mc Ghee Tyson Airport, TN (TYS)

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Accident description

Last updated: 22 May 2013

Status:	Final
Date:	12 MAR 1992
Time:	00:13
Type:	British Aerospace 3101 Jetstream 31
Operating for:	USAir Express
Leased from:	CCAir
Registration:	N165PC
C/n / msn:	683
First flight:	1985
Total airframe hrs:	10607
Engines:	2 Garrett TPE331-10UGR
Crew:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	2,3 km (1.4 mls) SW of Knoxville-Mc Ghee Tyson Airport, TN (TYS) (United States of America)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Knoxville-McGhee Tyson Airport, TN (TYS/KTYS), United States of America
Destination airport:	Knoxville-McGhee Tyson Airport, TN (TYS/KTYS), United States of America

Narrative:
The pilot dropped the checklist on take-off and the check airman elected to continue without the checklist. The crew thus forgot to lower the gear on the approach for a runway 23R touch-and-go landing. The propellers struck the runway. An emergency was declared and a turn was made (with the no. 2 prop feathered) for a runway 05L landing. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed,

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to use the airplane checklist which resulted in a gear up landing; and the pilot's failure to maintain flying speed which resulted in an uncontrolled collision with the ground."

Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/94 (#37)
» NTSB
» Scramble 155

Follow-up / safety actions

NTSB issued 3 Safety Recommendations

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Distance from Knoxville-McGhee Tyson Airport, TN to Knoxville-McGhee Tyson Airport, TN as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).

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Issued: 08-FEB-1993	To:	A-93-003
Require a one-time inspection of all aircraft equipped with a cockpit voice recorder manufactured by B&D Instruments and Avionics to ensure that the erase-enable jumper is properly installed. This inspection should be completed within 120 days. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 08-FEB-1993	To: FAA	A-93-004
REQUIRE B AND D INSTRUMENTS AND AVIONICS TO MODIFY THE SELF-TEST CIRCUITRY IN ITS COCKPIT VOICE RECORDERS (CVRS) SO THAT THE CVRS WILL FAIL THE INTERNAL SELF-TEST IF THE ERASE-ENABLE JUMPER IS NOT INSTALLED. THIS MODIFICATION SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED AT THE NEXT UNIT OVERHAUL OR WTIHIN 2 YEARS, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 08-FEB-1993	To: FAA	A-93-005
REQUIRE B+D INSTRUMENTS AND AVIONICS TO REVISE THE PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN ITS APPROVED INSTALLATION MANUAL TO INCLUDE A TEST OR TESTS THAT WILL DETECT A COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER INSTALLATION WITH AN INADEQUATE ERASE-ENABLE JUMPER PLACEMENT. (Closed--No Longer Applicable)