ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309972
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| Date: | Thursday 23 October 2014 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51D Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N351BD |
| MSN: | 44-85634 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4119 hours |
| Engine model: | PKRD-Roll Royce Merlin V-1650 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Mesa, Arizona -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chandler, AZ (P19) |
| Chandler, AZ (P19) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, after taking off and retracting the landing gear, he noticed that the landing gear lights did not indicate a normal landing gear retraction. The pilot extended the landing gear and then flew by a nearby helicopter, and the helicopter pilot informed him that the right main landing gear was extended but that the left main landing gear was not extended. The pilot's attempts to troubleshoot the problem were unsuccessful, so he chose to return to the airport. After burning off fuel, the pilot made an uneventful gear-up landing. The reason for the left main landing gear's failure to operate normally could not be determined during postincident examination.
Probable Cause: The failure of the left main landing gear to extend, which resulted in a gear-up landing. The reason for the left main landing gear's failure to operate normally could not be determined because postincident examination of the landing gear system did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR15IA035
History of this aircraft
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| 5 February 2016 | N551JP | Private | 2 | 6 miles southwest of Maricopa, Pinal County, AZ | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Apr-2023 13:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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