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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm G73 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · April 22, 2005

Date: April 22, 2005 · 15:00 local
Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: FVYA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N142PA
Reported as: Gulstm G73
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,800 total6,500 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N142PARegistration cancelled Mar 25, 2010 · Grumman G-73TS/N J42 Airframe modelGrumman G-73T Engine modelU/A Canada PT6A-34Turbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Flight was conducting an operational flight after control surface maintenance. Operational flight completed with no problems. Upon returning to fll gear down selected, and crew heard a hissing sound from the vicinity of landing gear selector valve. Crew investigated, and hydraulic fluid was leaking from the landing gear selector valve. Gear extension continued, with main gear down and lock indicated. Crew declared an emergency due to nose gear unsafe light on. Flight landed on runway 09R where on landing roll out nose gear collapsed. Maintenance raised aircraft, pulled nose gear to down and lock position. Aircraft towed to hangar, where investigation showed minor damage to left nose gear door.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTING AN OPERATIONAL FLIGHT AFTER CONTROL SURFACE MAINTENANCE. OPERATIONAL FLIGHT COMPLETED WITH NO PROBLEMS. UPON RETURNING TO FLL GEAR DOWN SELECTED, AND CREW HEARD A HISSING SOUND FROM THE VICINITY OF LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE. CREW INVESTIGATED, AND HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE. GEAR EXTENSION CONTINUED, WITH MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ON. FLIGHT LANDED ON RUNWAY 09R WHERE ON LANDING ROLL OUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. MAINTENANCE RAISED AIRCRAFT, PULLED NOSE GEAR TO DOWN AND LOCK POSITION. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO HANGAR, WHERE INVESTIGATION SHOWED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR.

Other reports on N142PA · 2

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

Incident 20010522012019IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Ft Lauderdale, FL(.4) On may 22, 2001, at about 1746 eastern daylight time, a Grumman G-73, N142PA, registered to seaplane leasing ii LLC, operated by flying boat inc, doing business as chalks international airlines flight 512, as a 14 CFR part 121 scheduled international…May 22, 2001 · Minor damage Incident 20000611035039IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Watson Island, FL(-23)On June 11, 2000, at 1130 am, a Grumman G73T, N142PA landed at Watson Island. As the aircraft was water taxing, the pilot applied rearward movement to the control yoke and found that the yoke had sperated at the "y" joint of the control yoke on the…Jun 11, 2000 · Minor damage