# Incident 20030904023949I: Cndair CL6002B19, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, September 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2003, 16:39 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N448SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N448SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- Pilot flight hours: 5,969 total, 550 in this make and model, 199 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030904023949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO DFW, UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE LANDING GEAR USING THE NORMAL METHOD, FOLLOWED QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK PROCEDURES, UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR, LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. PASSENGERS DEPLANED THROUGH FORWARD ENTRY DOOR, NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED USING AN AIR BAG, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING RAISED THEN WAS LOCKED DOWN AND PINNED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE DELTA HANGAR WHERE A BOMBARDIER RECOVERY TEAM INSPECTED AND EVALUATED THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS MANUALLY RETRACTED AND A SATISFACTORY EMERGENCY NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC LINES AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED THROUGH NORMALLY WITH NO ABNORMALITIES. WHILE IN DFR THE BOMBARDIER TEAM WAS UNABLE TO REACH A DEFINITIVE CAUSE THAT WOULD NOT CAUSE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND. TEMPORARY REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE AIRCRAFT SKIN AROUND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COMPARTMENT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO SLC LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, UNPRESSURIZED. DURING THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS AT SKY WEST'S FACILITIES IN SLC, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE NOSE LANDING GEAR NOT TO EXTENDWHEN THE HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN. THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF RIG FROM THE FACTORY. THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM IS CHECKED EVERY "C" CHECK, THIS AIRCRAFT HAD NOT RECEIVED ITS "C" CHECK. ALL OF THE LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND ARE BEING SENT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MANUFACTURER FOR TEAR DOWN AND EVALUATION. SKY WEST & BOMBARDIER REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE PRESENT DURING COMPONENT TEAR DOWN AND EVALUATION.

## Other reports on N448SW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20030401003829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030401003829I), Apr 1, 2003: Cndair CL6002B19 (N448SW), Salt Lake City, UT. (-23) Skywest flight 3782 took off from Idaho falls, went to retract the landing gear and got a landing gear disagreement message. They noticed they had no…

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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