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(-23)On takeoff for a miantenance ferry flight (special flight permit issued) from Fulton county-bronw field (fty) to west Georgia regional (ctj) N5428M nose gear retracted on rotate. One pilot on board no injuries. Aircraft was to be ferryed for maintenance after a gear up landing. Maintenance personal and FAA performed operational check out of gear and there was no malfunction noted prior to ferry flight. After nose gear retraction on ferry flight attempt maintenance personel and the iic glenn thompson performed numberous gear retraction test and there was no malfuction of the gear system noted. Also on site inspection of aircraft showed gear handle in the up position. The mechanics that perpared the aircraft for ferry left instructions for the ferry pilot to not use the gear or the flaps. This note was placed in the cockpit and written with 1 inch blue letters. The pilot then proceeded to taxi out and takeoff on the flight (gear handle up). The gear operated as designed and at weight off wheels (60 knots) the nose gear retracted. As stated there were numberous retraction tests to check the gear operation at fty on August 3, 2001. The gear and warning horn were operatio nal. The aircraft was in furrent annual inspection and was in safe condition for ferry operations (annual inspection September 7, 2000, total tiem 3195.54). The pilot should have checked the gear handle placement and contacted the mechanics to assure its placement. This detail should have been diligently observed. The pilot in verbal statement by telephone to this inspector stated, he did not put the gear handle up. The investigation shows the gear handle was already in the up position and was not observed by the pilot (pictures attached). The lack of attention to detail and communication caused the incident. The pilot should have observed the placement of the gear handle and assured that the placement was correct if it was in a non-standard configuration. Pilot should assure proper status of the aircraft prior to ferry operations. privacy data omitted Turned over to general aviation operations.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)ON TAKEOFF FOR A MIANTENANCE FERRY FLIGHT (SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT ISSUED) FROM FULTON COUNTY-BRONW FIELD (FTY) TO WEST GEORGIA REGIONAL (CTJ) N5428M NOSE GEAR RETRACTED ON ROTATE. ONE PILOT ON BOARD NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS TO BE FERRYED FOR MAINTENANCE AFTER A GEAR UP LANDING. MAINTENANCE PERSONAL AND FAA PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OUT OF GEAR AND THERE WAS NO MALFUNCTION NOTED PRIOR TO FERRY FLIGHT. AFTER NOSE GEAR RETRACTION ON FERRY FLIGHT ATTEMPT MAINTENANCE PERSONEL AND THE IIC GLENN THOMPSON PERFORMED NUMBEROUS GEAR RETRACTION TEST AND THERE WAS NO MALFUCTION OF THE GEAR SYSTEM NOTED. ALSO ON SITE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT SHOWED GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION. THE MECHANICS THAT PERPARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR FERRY LEFT INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FERRY PILOT TO NOT USE THE GEAR OR THE FLAPS. THIS NOTE WAS PLACED IN THE COCKPIT AND WRITTEN WITH 1 INCH BLUE LETTERS. THE PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO TAXI OUT AND TAKEOFF ON THE FLIGHT (GEAR HANDLE UP). THE GEAR OPERATED AS DESIGNED AND AT WEIGHT OFF WHEELS (60 KNOTS) THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. AS STATED THERE WERE NUMBEROUS RETRACTION TESTS TO CHECK THE GEAR OPERATION AT FTY ON AUGUST 3, 2001. THE GEAR AND WARNING HORN WERE OPERATIO NAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN FURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION AND WAS IN SAFE CONDITION FOR FERRY OPERATIONS (ANNUAL INSPECTION SEPTEMBER 7, 2000, TOTAL TIEM 3195.54). THE PILOT SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THE GEAR HANDLE PLACEMENT AND CONTACTED THE MECHANICS TO ASSURE ITS PLACEMENT. THIS DETAIL SHOULD HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY OBSERVED. THE PILOT IN VERBAL STATEMENT BY TELEPHONE TO THIS INSPECTOR STATED, HE DID NOT PUT THE GEAR HANDLE UP. THE INVESTIGATION SHOWS THE GEAR HANDLE WAS ALREADY IN THE UP POSITION AND WAS NOT OBSERVED BY THE PILOT (PICTURES ATTACHED). THE LACK OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND COMMUNICATION CAUSED THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT SHOULD HAVE OBSERVED THE PLACEMENT OF THE GEAR HANDLE AND ASSURED THAT THE PLACEMENT WAS CORRECT IF IT WAS IN A NON-STANDARD CONFIGURATION. PILOT SHOULD ASSURE PROPER STATUS OF THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO FERRY OPERATIONS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TURNED OVER TO GENERAL AVIATION OPERATIONS.
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