Narrative:About 20:45 the pilot contacted Hamburg Tower for a landing on runway 15. The airplane did not touch down on the runway but the pilot initiated a go-around. With the next radio contact ten minutes later, the pilot reported to the TWR controller that his CitationJet had landing gear problems. During an arranged fly-by of the airplane by the tower, the controller confirmed that the undercarriage was down. Nevertheless the instruments did not show three greens. About 21:20, the aircraft touched down normally with the right-hand landing gear yielding immediately. By counteracting the airplane movement, the pilot managed in delaying ground contact of the right-hand wing and afterwards holding the CitationJet over a distance of 1000 m on the runway. Finally the airplane stopped 30 m to the right beside runway 15 and appr. 300 m in front of the intersection with runway 23.
Probable Cause:
CONCLUSIONS: "The cause of the accident was that: a) the hydraulic system failed as a result of a defective
valve; b) the pilot did not accomplish the procedure recommended by the manufacturer in case the landing gear is not positively locked. A contributing factor to b) was that the instruction given by the manufacturer is not clearly formulated."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BFU Germany |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 years | Accident number: | BFU CX003-0/01 | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
Hydraulic system problem
Gear-up landing
Runway mishap
Sources:
» Scramble 263
Follow-up / safety actions
The BFU considers that the aircraft manufacturer already initiated sufficient actions to exclude the detected flaw within the hydraulic system for the future.
Photos
accident date:
08-03-2001type: Cessna 525 CitationJet
registration: N909M
accident date:
08-03-2001type: Cessna 525 CitationJet
registration: N909M
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Mannheim Airport to Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport as the crow flies is 470 km (294 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.