A BE200 pilot lower the landing gear manually after it failed to extend normally; declared an emerge...

Attributes
ACN	989576
Time
Date	201201
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	RIC.TRACON
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Super King Air 200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 6700 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

We were operating VFR; canceled IFR after we were cleared for the visual approach with no other traffic reported from ATC. After cancellation; no gear travel occurred after it was selected. Conditions were VMC. After the problem was identified; the crew stayed VFR in class east airspace to trouble shoot the problem. The gear was manually operated to achieve 3 green with down and locked indications. After the gear was extended the crew announced that they would be declaring an emergency and diverting to a class C airport. Emergency personnel was standing by but not needed as the landing was uneventful. The aircraft was tugged off the runway and towed to the maintenance facility. After the aircraft was in the maintenance facility it was inspected by the FSDO inspector. The inspector said that this would be an occurrence and not an incident. The tower called and got their information and I told them what the inspector had said and they said no other information would be needed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BE200 pilot lower the landing gear manually after it failed to extend normally; declared an emergency and diverted to a nearby airport for a normal landing.

Narrative: We were operating VFR; canceled IFR after we were cleared for the visual approach with no other traffic reported from ATC. After cancellation; no gear travel occurred after it was selected. Conditions were VMC. After the problem was identified; the crew stayed VFR in Class E airspace to trouble shoot the problem. The gear was manually operated to achieve 3 green with down and locked indications. After the gear was extended the crew announced that they would be declaring an emergency and diverting to a Class C airport. Emergency personnel was standing by but not needed as the landing was uneventful. The aircraft was tugged off the runway and towed to the maintenance facility. After the aircraft was in the maintenance facility it was inspected by the FSDO Inspector. The Inspector said that this would be an occurrence and not an incident. The Tower called and got their information and I told them what the Inspector had said and they said no other information would be needed.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.