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Beech 1900 aircraft had ruptured hydraulic actuator resulting in necessity to perform manual gear extension. Flight crew lost sight of runway during circling approach, continued turn and saw runway turning final.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 367615 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cod |
| State Reference | WY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 702 agl bound upper : 702 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zlc tower : sdf |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 367615 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Starting approach, outside IAP fix, gear extended from a ruptured hydraulic actuator. Went missed at FAF and performed manual gear extension using abnormal checklist. After obtaining gear down and locked status, left hold and shot approach (circle to land at minimums). Lost sight of runway turning downwind to base, continued turn and found runway turning final. Descended to landing without incident. Factors: 1200 pounds of fuel left. Didn't want to travel to alternate with gear down at 180 KTS for fuel consumption. Whole area was going down. Didn't plan an alternate. Dispatched without alternate. It's possible that I should have declared an emergency due to the fact that we may have had to go IMC (briefly) while circling to land. Fuel burn was the biggest consideration!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BEECH 1900 ACFT HAD RUPTURED HYD ACTUATOR RESULTING IN NECESSITY TO PERFORM MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION. FLC LOST SIGHT OF RWY DURING CIRCLING APCH, CONTINUED TURN AND SAW RWY TURNING FINAL.
Narrative: STARTING APCH, OUTSIDE IAP FIX, GEAR EXTENDED FROM A RUPTURED HYD ACTUATOR. WENT MISSED AT FAF AND PERFORMED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION USING ABNORMAL CHKLIST. AFTER OBTAINING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED STATUS, LEFT HOLD AND SHOT APCH (CIRCLE TO LAND AT MINIMUMS). LOST SIGHT OF RWY TURNING DOWNWIND TO BASE, CONTINUED TURN AND FOUND RWY TURNING FINAL. DSNDED TO LNDG WITHOUT INCIDENT. FACTORS: 1200 LBS OF FUEL LEFT. DIDN'T WANT TO TRAVEL TO ALTERNATE WITH GEAR DOWN AT 180 KTS FOR FUEL CONSUMPTION. WHOLE AREA WAS GOING DOWN. DIDN'T PLAN AN ALTERNATE. DISPATCHED WITHOUT ALTERNATE. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT I SHOULD HAVE DECLARED AN EMER DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE MAY HAVE HAD TO GO IMC (BRIEFLY) WHILE CIRCLING TO LAND. FUEL BURN WAS THE BIGGEST CONSIDERATION!
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.