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) The pilot tried to extend the landing gear by the normal means. The gear started to extend but locked up and would not extend any further. After communicating with the director of maintenance at executive Beechcraft, the pilot attempted to extend the gear utilizing the emergency extension system. However, the gear would not extend any further. Subsequently the director maintenance for executive Beechcraft, privacy data omitted, stated in an email that the emergency gear extension handle was entangled in the carpet. privacy data omitted Attributed the failure of the emergency gear extension system to the carpet entanglement.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT TRIED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BY THE NORMAL MEANS. THE GEAR STARTED TO EXTEND BUT LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT EXTEND ANY FURTHER. AFTER COMMUNICATING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE AT EXECUTIVE BEECHCRAFT, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR UTILIZING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM. HOWEVER, THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ANY FURTHER. SUBSEQUENTLY THE DIRECTOR MAINTENANCE FOR EXECUTIVE BEECHCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STATED IN AN EMAIL THAT THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE WAS ENTANGLED IN THE CARPET. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTRIBUTED THE FAILURE OF THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM TO THE CARPET ENTANGLEMENT.
Other reports on N861T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.