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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 60LEAR · Omaha, NE · November 7, 2005

Date: November 7, 2005 · 18:27 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ZEDA
Aircraft: N494PA
Reported as: Lear 60LEAR
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0

N494PARegistration cancelled Dec 23, 2009 · Learjet 60S/N 076 · Built 1996 Airframe modelLearjet 60 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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(-23) On 11/7/2005, LR-60, N494PA, operated by pinnacle air LLC as flight 494, departed oma. After departure the pilot reported that the aircraft was returning to oma due to landing gear problems. Contract maintenance inspected the aircraft and found that the landing gear would not retract properly due to snow packed in the wheel well area. This was interfering with the squat switch sensor and gear uplocks. Maintenance cleaned the wheel well areas and the gear cycled satisfactory.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 11/7/2005, LR-60, N494PA, OPERATED BY PINNACLE AIR LLC AS FLIGHT 494, DEPARTED OMA. AFTER DEPARTURE THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO OMA DUE TO LANDING GEAR PROBLEMS. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT PROPERLY DUE TO SNOW PACKED IN THE WHEEL WELL AREA. THIS WAS INTERFERING WITH THE SQUAT SWITCH SENSOR AND GEAR UPLOCKS. MAINTENANCE CLEANED THE WHEEL WELL AREAS AND THE GEAR CYCLED SATISFACTORY.