Narrative:

After departing mia international on aug/xx/97, with a BE18, operated on a 135 certificate, carrying 700 pounds of cargo for air carrier Y, with destination eyw international, I experienced a landing gear irregularity. The landing gear did not retract when I brought the gear selector in the up position. The landing gear lever was brought in the down position again and the circuit breaker pulled. After a couple of mins the circuit breaker was reset and the gear cycled a second time and this time the gear retracted. A couple of hours later I departed eyw international empty, with destination opf, the landing gear did not retract again and so I followed the same procedure I followed before, but this time the gear did not retract, so I decided to continue to opf where maintenance was available. Upon landing at opf FAA personnel was waiting for me on the ramp. Immediately I was asked to show the aircraft logbook and company's manual, and the aircraft was inspected. A fuel low pressure warning light was found inoperative, thing I could not check in flight being the light off with pressure in the system, and the rotating beacon wasn't rotating, another thing that I could not check while flying, and that was working during the preflight. I received a letter of violation from the FAA about this matter.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF A BEECH, BE18 TWIN ENG TAILWHEEL ACFT, CARRYING CARGO ON A PART 135 CERTIFICATE EXPERIENCED GEAR RETRACTION PROB AFTER TKOF AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY GIVEN A FAA RAMP INSPECTION AFTER ARRIVING BACK AT MAINT BASE. FAA INSPECTOR FOUND THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE LOW WARNING LIGHT DID NOT WORK, NOR DID THE ROTATING BEACON.

Narrative: AFTER DEPARTING MIA INTL ON AUG/XX/97, WITH A BE18, OPERATED ON A 135 CERTIFICATE, CARRYING 700 LBS OF CARGO FOR ACR Y, WITH DEST EYW INTL, I EXPERIENCED A LNDG GEAR IRREGULARITY. THE LNDG GEAR DID NOT RETRACT WHEN I BROUGHT THE GEAR SELECTOR IN THE UP POS. THE LNDG GEAR LEVER WAS BROUGHT IN THE DOWN POS AGAIN AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PULLED. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINS THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET AND THE GEAR CYCLED A SECOND TIME AND THIS TIME THE GEAR RETRACTED. A COUPLE OF HRS LATER I DEPARTED EYW INTL EMPTY, WITH DEST OPF, THE LNDG GEAR DID NOT RETRACT AGAIN AND SO I FOLLOWED THE SAME PROC I FOLLOWED BEFORE, BUT THIS TIME THE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT, SO I DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO OPF WHERE MAINT WAS AVAILABLE. UPON LNDG AT OPF FAA PERSONNEL WAS WAITING FOR ME ON THE RAMP. IMMEDIATELY I WAS ASKED TO SHOW THE ACFT LOGBOOK AND COMPANY'S MANUAL, AND THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED. A FUEL LOW PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT WAS FOUND INOP, THING I COULD NOT CHK IN FLT BEING THE LIGHT OFF WITH PRESSURE IN THE SYS, AND THE ROTATING BEACON WASN'T ROTATING, ANOTHER THING THAT I COULD NOT CHK WHILE FLYING, AND THAT WAS WORKING DURING THE PREFLT. I RECEIVED A LETTER OF VIOLATION FROM THE FAA ABOUT THIS MATTER.

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.