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: the aircraft had just been returned to service after a repair to the right engine for an oil leak. Maintenance personnel had lowered the gear doors and flaps to facilitate clean-up from the oil leak. When the aircraft was returned to service the gear doors were left open and the flaps were left down. The PIC of the next flight (#260) accepted the aircraft in this configuration. After the PIC of flight 260 started both engines he started to taxi and then moved the landing gear selector to the up position. He did this to close the landing gear doors. The nose gear retracted which resulted in damage to the nose gear doors, pitot tubes, one antenna, and both propellers. The main gear unlocked but did not retract. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER A REPAIR TO THE RIGHT ENGINE FOR AN OIL LEAK. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAD LOWERED THE GEAR DOORS AND FLAPS TO FACILITATE CLEAN-UP FROM THE OIL LEAK. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE THE GEAR DOORS WERE LEFT OPEN AND THE FLAPS WERE LEFT DOWN. THE PIC OF THE NEXT FLIGHT (#260) ACCEPTED THE AIRCRAFT IN THIS CONFIGURATION. AFTER THE PIC OF FLIGHT 260 STARTED BOTH ENGINES HE STARTED TO TAXI AND THEN MOVED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR TO THE UP POSITION. HE DID THIS TO CLOSE THE LANDING GEAR DOORS. THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, PITOT TUBES, ONE ANTENNA, AND BOTH PROPELLERS. THE MAIN GEAR UNLOCKED BUT DID NOT RETRACT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
Other reports on N59764 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.