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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 35LEAR · Omaha, NE · August 14, 2001

Date
August 14, 2001 · 17:31 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
L2MA
Aircraft
N41NW
Reported as
Lear 35LEAR
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(-23) On approach, the pilot placed the landing gear down and the left main landing gear down and locked light did not illuminate. The pilot then used emergency procedures to ensure the landing gear was safe to land and landing the aircraft without further incident. There were no injuries to the two crew members and the four passengers on board and the aircraft had no damage. This incident is closed. The down and locked lamp was found to be inoperative when the aircraft was tested on the ground. Also the down and locked micro switch was found to be out of adjustment due to the gear being blown down in the emergency procedures. The lamp was changed and the switch was adjusted and the aircraft was jacked and retracted. The landing gear was extended and retracted approximately 20 times with no indication of a problem. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APPROACH, THE PILOT PLACED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT THEN USED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THE LANDING GEAR WAS SAFE TO LAND AND LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO CREW MEMBERS AND THE FOUR PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO DAMAGE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. THE DOWN AND LOCKED LAMP WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS TESTED ON THE GROUND. ALSO THE DOWN AND LOCKED MICRO SWITCH WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT DUE TO THE GEAR BEING BLOWN DOWN IN THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. THE LAMP WAS CHANGED AND THE SWITCH WAS ADJUSTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND RETRACTED. THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND RETRACTED APPROXIMATELY 20 TIMES WITH NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.