# Incident 20121220029189I: Cessna 560, Orlando, FL, December 20, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2012, 12:15 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45TP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW535A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121220029189I

## Narrative

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

ON 12-20-2012 N45TP DEPARTED JAX.  ON CLIMB OUT THE PILOTS HEARD A BUZZ/WIND NOISE AFTER RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOTS AGREED THE GEAR DID NOT CYCLE CORRECTLY AND SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT AND RECYCLED THE GEAR DOWN.  BOTH MAIN GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT.  THE NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  THE CREW LOITERED IN THE JAX AREA WHILE REVIEWING CHECK LISTS.  ATTEMPTS AT EMERGENCY EXTENTION FAILED.  A FLY BY OF THE JAX TOWER CONFIRMED THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL UP.  DUE TO WINDS AND RUNWAY CLOSURES THE CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO MCO AND MAKE A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING.  MINOR DAMAGE WAS INCURRED BY THE BELLY SKIN AND NOSE GEAR DOORS.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE AIRCRAFT RAISED AND THE NOSE GEAR PULLED DOWN AND LOCKED.  IT WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL CESSNA SERVICE STATION AND EXAMINED BY A LOCAL FSDO AIR WORTHINESS INSPECTOR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND THE GEAR CYCLED SEVERAL TIME SUCCESSFULLY.  HE FOUND SCUFF EVIDENCE INDICATING THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR HAD LODGED IN BETWEEN THE NOSE GEAR AND THE AIRFRAME.  IT WAS NOTED THE SIX SCREWS USED TO SECURE THE AFT HINGE OF THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR WERE MISSING.  MAINTENANCE INVOLVING THE NOSE GEAR DOOR HAD BEEN PERFORMED 44 FLIGHT HOURS AND 22 CYCLES PREVIOUSLY.  THE NOSE TIRE HAD BEEN CHANGED 10 HOURS AND 6 CYCLES PREVIOUS TO THE INCIDENT.

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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