# Incident 20090307003479I: Diamon DA42, Fort Lauderdal, FL, March 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2009
- Place: Fort Lauderdal, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N156TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N156TS-2019-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 (registry code 2990004, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA42
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090307003479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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