ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362884
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| Date: | Monday 21 September 1992 |
| Time: | 16:47 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 210L |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Express, Inc. |
| Registration: | N2013S |
| MSN: | 21060981 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3691 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-L3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Orlando, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Pensacola, FL (KPNS) |
| Crestview, FL (KCEW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR THE GEAR HYDRAULIC MOTOR OPERATED BUT THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS OF GEAR MOTOR OPERATION THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE GEAR MOTOR POPPED. FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE GEAR BY NORMAL AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. A GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED BY USE OF THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION EMERGENCY HYDRAULIC PUMP. ACCORDING TO MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL A WIRE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SQUAT SWITCH WAS CHAFFED AND GROUNDED WHICH CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO BE SIGNALLED FOR GEAR UP AT ALL TIMES. THEY FURTHER STATED THE PILOT COULD NOT EXTEND THE GEAR BY USE OF THE BACKUP HYDRAULIC PUMP BECAUSE THE GEAR DOWN SOLENOID HAD OVERHEATED DURING ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR AND FROZE IN THE GEAR UP POSITION. AFTER THE SOLENOID COOLED AFTER LANDING THEY WERE ABLE TO MANUALLY LOWER THE GEAR.
Probable Cause: UNDETECTED CHAFFING AND GROUNDING OF A WIRE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SQUAT SWITCH WHICH RESULTED IN THE LANDING GEAR BEING SIGNALLED AT ALL TIMES FOR GEAR UP WHEN ELECTRICAL POWER WAS APPLIED TO THE SYSTEM. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE OVERHEATING OF THE GEAR DOWN SOLENOID WHICH CAUSED IT TO STICK IN THE GEAR UP POSITION AND PREVENTED THE GEAR FROM BEING MANUALLY EXTENDED.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA92LA189
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 11:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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