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Gear failed to extend on small aircraft amphibious aircraft. Gear down indicating lights were indicating gear down.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 83698 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198803 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jnu |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 500 msl bound upper : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 8800 flight time type : 60 |
| ASRS Report | 83698 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Landing amphibious small aircraft at unimproved bush airstrip at cube cove logging camp. Touched down with gear partially down in soft ground. No damage to aircraft. No passenger. Jacked up aircraft, checked for damage, found none, flew off, came home. Pulled gear down on downwind leg. Had green lights (indicating gear down) prior to touchdown. Found nose gear extended, main gear partially down.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND ON SMA AMPHIBIOUS ACFT. GEAR DOWN INDICATING LIGHTS WERE INDICATING GEAR DOWN.
Narrative: LNDG AMPHIBIOUS SMA AT UNIMPROVED BUSH AIRSTRIP AT CUBE COVE LOGGING CAMP. TOUCHED DOWN WITH GEAR PARTIALLY DOWN IN SOFT GND. NO DAMAGE TO ACFT. NO PAX. JACKED UP ACFT, CHECKED FOR DAMAGE, FOUND NONE, FLEW OFF, CAME HOME. PULLED GEAR DOWN ON DOWNWIND LEG. HAD GREEN LIGHTS (INDICATING GEAR DOWN) PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. FOUND NOSE GEAR EXTENDED, MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY DOWN.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.