19950121001779I

Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm 114 · Visalia, CA · January 21, 1995

Date: January 21, 1995 · 11:30 local
Place: Visalia, CA
Airport: Visalia Municipal
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N515CA
Reported as: Gulstm 114
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 487 total200 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

N515CARegistered now · Rockwell International 114S/N 14059 · Built 1976 Airframe modelRockwell International 114

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on January 21, 1995, a rockwell 114, N515CA, piloted by Mrs. Jan piperis, made a successful landing with an unsafe gear indication. Mrs. Piperis stated that ground observation of the aircraft indicating the gear was not properly extended was relayed to her. She then made several unsuccessful attempts to extend the gear using the emergency procedure and then tried different flight maneuvers. The pilot was then able to lock down the main gear but not the nose gear. The pilot then decided to land using a taxiway. When the aircraft touched down on the main gear, the nose gear locked down giving a green down and locked light. Emergency equipment had been called out and was standing by.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 21, 1995, A ROCKWELL 114, N515CA, PILOTED BY MRS. JAN PIPERIS, MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WITH AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. MRS. PIPERIS STATED THAT GROUND OBSERVATION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATING THE GEAR WAS NOT PROPERLY EXTENDED WAS RELAYED TO HER. SHE THEN MADE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE AND THEN TRIED DIFFERENT FLIGHT MANEUVERS. THE PILOT WAS THEN ABLE TO LOCK DOWN THE MAIN GEAR BUT NOT THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO LAND USING A TAXIWAY. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR LOCKED DOWN GIVING A GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN CALLED OUT AND WAS STANDING BY.