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FAA incident report · Diamon DA 42 · Fort Lauderdal, FL · March 7, 2009

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Date
March 7, 2009
Place
Fort Lauderdal, FL
Airport
Fort Lauderdale Executive
Phase of flight
Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N156TS
Reported as
Diamon DA42
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N156TSRegistration cancelled Dec 5, 2019 · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42S/N 42.156Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 42

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What happened

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

After interviewing the pilot operating this aircraft privacy data omitted, he indicated he was on a routine maintenance test flight and on approach to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, base leg runway 08, lowered the landing gear and the right hand main landing gear indicated unsafe. The tower was notified of the unsafe gear and a flyby was conducted, the tower indicated that the gear was down. After completing a successful landing the aircraft N156TS was inducted into maintenance and the right hand landing gear downlock switch was adjusted. The maintenance crew performed a landing gear swing six times per diamond DA-42 maintenance manual chapter 32 and performed three emergency extensions of the landing gear. All operational checks of the landing gear was satisfactory. Aircraft was returned to service. This incident is the only historical data pertaining to this aircraft landing gear problem. A malfunction and defect report was submitted by the director of maintenance privacy data omitted. All logbook entries were correct and the corrective maintenance was performed by the manufacturer’s maintenance manual.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER INTERVIEWING THE PILOT OPERATING THIS AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE INDICATED HE WAS ON A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT AND ON APPROACH TO FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, BASE LEG RUNWAY 08, LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND THE RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE. THE TOWER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE UNSAFE GEAR AND A FLYBY WAS CONDUCTED, THE TOWER INDICATED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. AFTER COMPLETING A SUCCESSFUL LANDING THE AIRCRAFT N156TS WAS INDUCTED INTO MAINTENANCE AND THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH WAS ADJUSTED. THE MAINTENANCE CREW PERFORMED A LANDING GEAR SWING SIX TIMES PER DIAMOND DA-42 MAINTENANCE MANUAL CHAPTER 32 AND PERFORMED THREE EMERGENCY EXTENSIONS OF THE LANDING GEAR. ALL OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE LANDING GEAR WAS SATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS THE ONLY HISTORICAL DATA PERTAINING TO THIS AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ALL LOGBOOK ENTRIES WERE CORRECT AND THE CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER’S MAINTENANCE MANUAL.