20130117000269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raytheon 390 · Reno, NV · January 17, 2013

Date: January 17, 2013 · 18:50 local
Place: Reno, NV
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: REIJ
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N42EL
Reported as: Raytheon 390
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,446 total2,940 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

N42ELRegistered now · Raytheon 390S/N RB-145 Airframe modelRaytheon 390

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.

During the landing sequence, the landing gear handle was placed in the down position but no reaction occurred. Pilot stated he pulled the landing gear circuit breaker then manually lowered the landing gear. The circuit breaker was reengaged but the landing gear doors will not retract in this emergency position. During touchdown the landing gear doors contacted the runway causing minor abrasion to the door skins. No further damage occured.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE, THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION BUT NO REACTION OCCURRED. PILOT STATED HE PULLED THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER THEN MANUALLY LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS REENGAGED BUT THE LANDING GEAR DOORS WILL NOT RETRACT IN THIS EMERGENCY POSITION. DURING TOUCHDOWN THE LANDING GEAR DOORS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR ABRASION TO THE DOOR SKINS. NO FURTHER DAMAGE OCCURED.