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A piaggio avanti flight crew reported that a main gear failure required the gear to be manually pumped down before landing at jfk.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 620506 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200406 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jfk.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 3400 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 620506 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 17800 flight time type : 38 |
| ASRS Report | 620651 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : gear warning other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Gear door separation from aircraft. Right main gear door stuck. Pumped gear down manually. Door forced open and separation from aircraft over marshy area west of jfk. Supplemental information from acn 620651: while fueling aircraft, fuel spill occurred. Several ramp personnel assisted with spill. A preflight was done prior to fueling. All of this diverted our attention. Fuel cap, which was on chain, extended down behind right gear door. Aircraft departed to jfk. Upon gear extension at jfk, right gear did not extend. Emergency gear extension used. All 3 gear extended. Landing was made uneventfully. On post inspection, found right gear door was missing, along with gas cap. Evidently, the same thing struck the propeller as well.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PIAGGIO AVANTI FLT CREW RPTED THAT A MAIN GEAR FAILURE REQUIRED THE GEAR TO BE MANUALLY PUMPED DOWN BEFORE LNDG AT JFK.
Narrative: GEAR DOOR SEPARATION FROM ACFT. R MAIN GEAR DOOR STUCK. PUMPED GEAR DOWN MANUALLY. DOOR FORCED OPEN AND SEPARATION FROM ACFT OVER MARSHY AREA W OF JFK. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 620651: WHILE FUELING ACFT, FUEL SPILL OCCURRED. SEVERAL RAMP PERSONNEL ASSISTED WITH SPILL. A PREFLT WAS DONE PRIOR TO FUELING. ALL OF THIS DIVERTED OUR ATTN. FUEL CAP, WHICH WAS ON CHAIN, EXTENDED DOWN BEHIND R GEAR DOOR. ACFT DEPARTED TO JFK. UPON GEAR EXTENSION AT JFK, R GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. EMER GEAR EXTENSION USED. ALL 3 GEAR EXTENDED. LNDG WAS MADE UNEVENTFULLY. ON POST INSPECTION, FOUND R GEAR DOOR WAS MISSING, ALONG WITH GAS CAP. EVIDENTLY, THE SAME THING STRUCK THE PROP AS WELL.
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.