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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 525 · San Jose, CA · February 3, 2002

Date: February 3, 2002 · 17:13 local
Place: San Jose, CA
Airport: San Jose International
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N200VL
Reported as: Cessna 525
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,200 total350 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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) Mr. Zaccaria, the pilot of N200VL, stated the aircraft was being tested the day after the landing gear had been worked on. When the gear was extended for landing at sjc, the left main gear down light did not come on. He recycled the landing and used the emergency extension to assure the gear was down. He landed with no problems. Maintenance checked the landing gear system and found the left down lamp was burnt out. The lamp was replaced and checked out to be operational.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. ZACCARIA, THE PILOT OF N200VL, STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TESTED THE DAY AFTER THE LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN WORKED ON. WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING AT SJC, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. HE RECYCLED THE LANDING AND USED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN. HE LANDED WITH NO PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND FOUND THE LEFT DOWN LAMP WAS BURNT OUT. THE LAMP WAS REPLACED AND CHECKED OUT TO BE OPERATIONAL.