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Pilot of a small transport lands gear partially extended when the gear fails to fully extend for landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 319932 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199510 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hwd |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : company check pilot |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 14 flight time total : 3725 flight time type : 650 |
| ASRS Report | 319932 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
5 mi from hwd began landing preparation -- speed, flaps, gear, mirror indicates nose gear not down, green light off, test light ok, declare fly-by, attempt manual, abnormal sounds, more fly-by's. Tower indicates not down. Full fuel 143 gallons, begin burn off and contemplation. Attempt recycle, no joy. Request mechanic assistance. 2 a&P's with service manuals for same plane and binoculars. Perform multiple fly-by inspections. Verify all 3 gear at 45 degrees to normal but symmetry with each other. Suggest porpoise. Result nose gear slams forward to stop and bounces back. Burn fuel 4 hours. My CFI makes excellent landing, no injury, no fire. This report is written because 1 witness suggested we did something incorrectly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A SMT LANDS GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED WHEN THE GEAR FAILS TO FULLY EXTEND FOR LNDG.
Narrative: 5 MI FROM HWD BEGAN LNDG PREPARATION -- SPD, FLAPS, GEAR, MIRROR INDICATES NOSE GEAR NOT DOWN, GREEN LIGHT OFF, TEST LIGHT OK, DECLARE FLY-BY, ATTEMPT MANUAL, ABNORMAL SOUNDS, MORE FLY-BY'S. TWR INDICATES NOT DOWN. FULL FUEL 143 GALLONS, BEGIN BURN OFF AND CONTEMPLATION. ATTEMPT RECYCLE, NO JOY. REQUEST MECH ASSISTANCE. 2 A&P'S WITH SVC MANUALS FOR SAME PLANE AND BINOCULARS. PERFORM MULTIPLE FLY-BY INSPECTIONS. VERIFY ALL 3 GEAR AT 45 DEGS TO NORMAL BUT SYMMETRY WITH EACH OTHER. SUGGEST PORPOISE. RESULT NOSE GEAR SLAMS FORWARD TO STOP AND BOUNCES BACK. BURN FUEL 4 HRS. MY CFI MAKES EXCELLENT LNDG, NO INJURY, NO FIRE. THIS RPT IS WRITTEN BECAUSE 1 WITNESS SUGGESTED WE DID SOMETHING INCORRECTLY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.