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Incident

FAA incident report · Airbus A310-203 · Indianapolis, IN · May 19, 2005

Date
May 19, 2005 · 23:05 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDEA
Aircraft
N426FE
Reported as
Airbus A310203
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

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) Federal express inc. flight 1630 enroute to Indianapolis declared an emergency due to a landing gear problem. The aircraft landed without incident and was towed to the gate. Pilot discrepancy stated: the landing gear would not extend on short final. Position detection was on system #2 no extension with system #1 also. Used gravity ext. And got 3 green lights. Maintenance personnel found a shorted electrical connector pins on the landing gear selector valve. The selector valve was replaced and the landing gear functional check was normal.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FEDERAL EXPRESS INC. FLIGHT 1630 ENROUTE TO INDIANAPOLIS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS TOWED TO THE GATE. PILOT DISCREPANCY STATED: THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ON SHORT FINAL. POSITION DETECTION WAS ON SYSTEM #2 NO EXTENSION WITH SYSTEM #1 ALSO. USED GRAVITY EXT. AND GOT 3 GREEN LIGHTS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND A SHORTED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR PINS ON THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE. THE SELECTOR VALVE WAS REPLACED AND THE LANDING GEAR FUNCTIONAL CHECK WAS NORMAL.