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FAA incident report · Cessna 750 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · February 20, 2002

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Date
February 20, 2002 · 18:55 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N989QS
Reported as
Cessna 750
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

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(.4) On February 20, 2002, about 1855 eastern standard time, a Cessna CE-750, N989QS, registered to and operated by executivejet sales, as a title 14 CFR part 91 repositioning flight, had its landing gear deploy in cruise flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The airline transport-rated pilot and first officer were not injured, and the airplane was not damaged. The flight originated in montego bay, jamaica, the same day, about 1705. The pilot stated that they were enroute to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at flight level 450, with a speed of 0.89 mach, when the landing gear extended without any input from him or his copilot. He said it stayed down for less than one minute, and then it retracted, also without any crewmember control input. He said that several minutes later it extended again, and remained down and locked. He said he declared an emergency, and descended to flight level 180 and proceeded on to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and landed without further incident. There were no damage to the landing gear and landing gear doors as a result. Postincident examination of the airplane revealed the presence of an area of exposed wire whose insulation had been damaged, and the area of exposed wire when aligned coincided with a stainless steel metal braided casing which comprised a part of the airplane structure.

As the FAA filed it

(.4) ON FEBRUARY 20, 2002, ABOUT 1855 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA CE-750, N989QS, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY EXECUTIVEJET SALES, AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT, HAD ITS LANDING GEAR DEPLOY IN CRUISE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT-RATED PILOT AND FIRST OFFICER WERE NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1705. THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE ENROUTE TO FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, AT FLIGHT LEVEL 450, WITH A SPEED OF 0.89 MACH, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM HIM OR HIS COPILOT. HE SAID IT STAYED DOWN FOR LESS THAN ONE MINUTE, AND THEN IT RETRACTED, ALSO WITHOUT ANY CREWMEMBER CONTROL INPUT. HE SAID THAT SEVERAL MINUTES LATER IT EXTENDED AGAIN, AND REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED. HE SAID HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND DESCENDED TO FLIGHT LEVEL 180 AND PROCEEDED ON TO FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDING GEAR DOORS AS A RESULT. POSTINCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF AN AREA OF EXPOSED WIRE WHOSE INSULATION HAD BEEN DAMAGED, AND THE AREA OF EXPOSED WIRE WHEN ALIGNED COINCIDED WITH A STAINLESS STEEL METAL BRAIDED CASING WHICH COMPRISED A PART OF THE AIRPLANE STRUCTURE.