# Incident 20020220037379I: Cessna 750, Fort Lauderdale, FL, February 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2002, 18:55 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N989QS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 750
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020220037379I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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