What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Pilot departed act, raised the landing gear and received no light indications that his gear retracted. He asked the tower, and they confirmed the gear was up. He then proceeded to jennings, LA, when he attempted to lower the gear he received no light indications of gear extension. He then performed the emergency extension procedure which required the gear motor to be disconnected from the gear mechanism. He then got his gear down and landed safely. The next day he departed without having his landing gear checked or having the gear motor reconnected. He returned to act and the landing gear collapsed n landing. All of the adverse light indications resulted from the light reostat being turned to dim.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT DEPARTED ACT, RAISED THE LANDING GEAR AND RECEIVED NO LIGHT INDICATIONS THAT HIS GEAR RETRACTED. HE ASKED THE TOWER, AND THEY CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS UP. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO JENNINGS, LA, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR HE RECEIVED NO LIGHT INDICATIONS OF GEAR EXTENSION. HE THEN PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE WHICH REQUIRED THE GEAR MOTOR TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE GEAR MECHANISM. HE THEN GOT HIS GEAR DOWN AND LANDED SAFELY. THE NEXT DAY HE DEPARTED WITHOUT HAVING HIS LANDING GEAR CHECKED OR HAVING THE GEAR MOTOR RECONNECTED. HE RETURNED TO ACT AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED N LANDING. ALL OF THE ADVERSE LIGHT INDICATIONS RESULTED FROM THE LIGHT REOSTAT BEING TURNED TO DIM.
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