# Incident 20120526010089I: Consolidated Vultee RLB3O, Charlotte, NC, May 26, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2012, 04:02 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Charlotte/Douglas International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2132° N, 80.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (CLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2132&lon=-80.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24927, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24927) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Vultee RLB3O (registry code 2420804, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-vultee-rlb3o) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONSOLIDATED VULTEE RLB3O
- Reported engine: P & W R-1830 SERIES
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 26,538 total, 276 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120526010089I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS APPROCHING CLT FOR LANDING, AS PILOTS SELECTED 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS THE AIRCRAFT BEGIN TO LOSE HYDRAULIC FLUID.  AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN, THEY DID NOT GET A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION.  THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENTION WAS UTILIZED AND THE MAIN GEAR CAME DOWN AND INDICATED LOCKED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND.  THE FLIGHT ENGINEER WENT DOWN INTO THE NOSE GEAR AREA AND MANUALLY EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR.  NOSE GEAR SEEMED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED BUT HAD NO DOWN LOCK INDICATION IN COCKPIT.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 36C AND DURING LANDING ROLLOUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  PASSENGERS AND CREW EVACUATED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N24927 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960916045639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960916045639I), Sep 16, 1996: N24927, Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: when we extended the landing gear, we had an unsafe gear indication and a visual inspection confirmed the left main gear was in the up position. We…

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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