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Attributes | |
ACN | 987138 |
Time | |
Date | 201112 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Sierra 24 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Landing |
Route In Use | None |
Flight Plan | None |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism |
Person 1 | |
Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
Experience | Air Traffic Control Military 3 Air Traffic Control Radar 1 Air Traffic Control Supervisory 2.5 Flight Crew Last 90 Days 9 Flight Crew Total 2275 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Right main landing gear would not come down. The right gear indicator light did not show green and the in-transit light showed red. I declared an emergency; requested the fire truck; and gave persons on board and 300 pounds fuel information to tower. Right landing gear uplock did not release--possible a right gear actuator problem. Control tower verified the right gear was not down during a low pass over the runway. The backup emergency gear procedure did not cause the gear to descend. Tower was informed that this would be a wheels up landing. I raised the gear and purposely made a gentle power-on landing without any gear down. The plane came to a stop pointing down the runway within 10 ft of centerline.human performance considerations: I noticed the gear sound; in-transit red light; and lack of the third green gear indicator light indicating the problem to me. Emergency gear lowering practice and unsafe gear light problems during over a thousand hours of retractable gear flying reduced stress this time. Using the aircraft handbook emergency procedure reduced forgetting a step. I considered the risk of landing with two gears down perhaps causing a ground loop to the right when the wing would descend with the risk that the plane might exit the runway and turn over. Power was kept on to help insure a gentle landing even though I knew that the propeller would be damaged and the engine would have to be inspected. I was so concerned about exiting the plane quickly that I forgot to pull the mixture control to off when the engine stopped. I did switch the master switch and avionics rocker switches off.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Beech Sierra 200 right landing gear would not extend so all gear were retracted and a gear up landing completed after following all emergency procedures.
Narrative: Right main landing gear would not come down. The right gear indicator light did not show green and the in-transit light showed red. I declared an emergency; requested the fire truck; and gave persons on board and 300 LBS fuel information to Tower. Right landing gear uplock did not release--possible a right gear actuator problem. Control Tower verified the right gear was not down during a low pass over the runway. The backup emergency gear procedure did not cause the gear to descend. Tower was informed that this would be a wheels up landing. I raised the gear and purposely made a gentle power-on landing without any gear down. The plane came to a stop pointing down the runway within 10 FT of centerline.Human performance considerations: I noticed the gear sound; in-transit red light; and lack of the third green gear indicator light indicating the problem to me. Emergency gear lowering practice and unsafe gear light problems during over a thousand hours of retractable gear flying reduced stress this time. Using the aircraft handbook emergency procedure reduced forgetting a step. I considered the risk of landing with two gears down perhaps causing a ground loop to the right when the wing would descend with the risk that the plane might exit the runway and turn over. Power was kept on to help insure a gentle landing even though I knew that the propeller would be damaged and the engine would have to be inspected. I was so concerned about exiting the plane quickly that I forgot to pull the mixture control to off when the engine stopped. I did switch the master switch and avionics rocker switches off.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.