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FAA incident report · Namer T28A · Santa Rosa, CA · November 20, 2005

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Date
November 20, 2005 · 13:23 local
Place
Santa Rosa, CA
Airport
Sonoma County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7054L
Reported as
Namer T28A
Reported engine
WRIGHT R13001B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total15 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft was certified in the experimental exhibition category on 09/22/2005. Aircraft had just completed initial flight test phase 1 requiring 5 hours of flight test without any malfunctions of the gear. Attempts to lower the gear by placing the gear selector handle in the full down position failed to override the system as designed. On this flight the landing gear selector valve seemed to be out of adjustment not allowing the free flow of hydraulic fluid preventing the landing gear from free falling.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS CERTIFIED IN THE EXPERIMENTAL EXHIBITION CATEGORY ON 09/22/2005. AIRCRAFT HAD JUST COMPLETED INITIAL FLIGHT TEST PHASE 1 REQUIRING 5 HOURS OF FLIGHT TEST WITHOUT ANY MALFUNCTIONS OF THE GEAR. ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR BY PLACING THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION FAILED TO OVERRIDE THE SYSTEM AS DESIGNED. ON THIS FLIGHT THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE SEEMED TO BE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT NOT ALLOWING THE FREE FLOW OF HYDRAULIC FLUID PREVENTING THE LANDING GEAR FROM FREE FALLING.