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PA-44 instructor reported nose landing gear extend/retract system failed; resulting in flight back to home base with gear extended.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1703328 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-44 Seminole/Turbo Seminole |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
While performing maneuvers around 6;500 feet; pui (pilot under instruction) went to raise the landing gear; where we received a gear system fail cas message and a red indication on our nose gear. At that moment; the pui was unable to identify if the nose gear was still down or not as it was night time. I recycled the gear down where all 3 indications showed green. I then raised the gear a second time and the nose gear showed red. We began a turn back to ZZZ (from the practice area) and the pui was finally able to identify that the nose gear was still down. I attempted once more to recycle the remaining gear down and then back up but there was no change. I chose to then lower the landing gear a final time and proceed back to ZZZ with the gear extended. I wrote the plane up for maintenance after landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-44 instructor reported nose landing gear extend/retract system failed; resulting in flight back to home base with gear extended.
Narrative: While performing maneuvers around 6;500 feet; PUI (Pilot under instruction) went to raise the landing gear; where we received a Gear System Fail CAS message and a red indication on our nose gear. At that moment; the PUI was unable to identify if the nose gear was still down or not as it was night time. I recycled the gear down where all 3 indications showed green. I then raised the gear a second time and the nose gear showed red. We began a turn back to ZZZ (from the practice area) and the PUI was finally able to identify that the nose gear was still down. I attempted once more to recycle the remaining gear down and then back up but there was no change. I chose to then lower the landing gear a final time and proceed back to ZZZ with the gear extended. I wrote the plane up for maintenance after landing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.