# Incident 20130813014129I: Cessna 560, Phoenix, AZ, August 13, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2013, 15:35 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N508KD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N508KD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D 5 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130813014129I

## Narrative

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

DETAILED STATEMENT OF AIRCRAFT EVENT ON AUGUST 13, 2013: THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIP WAS TO RETURN THE AIRCRAFT (N508KD) TO HOME BASE FOLLOWING AN ENGINE OVERHAUL AND PHASE 5 INSPECTION AT THE SACRAMENTO CITATION SERVICE CENTER. NORMAL PRE-FLIGHT AND FLIGHT PROCEDURES WERE COMPLETED. THE WEATHER FOR THE ENTIRE FLIGHT WAS VMC. DURING THE APPROACH PHASE AT KPHX, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED NORMALLY, BUT THE NOSE GEAR GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE TOWER WAS NOTIFIED AND A LOW APPROACH AND A MISSED APPROACH WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. WE EXTENDED THE DOWNWIND, AND RAN THE NON-NORMAL CESSNA CHECKLIST. OUR CHIEF OF MAINTENANCE WAS ONBOARD AND HE CHANGED THE BULBS IN THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR. THE GREEN LIGHT STILL FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE RED GEAR NOT LOCKED LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED AND THE GEAR HORN DID NOT SOUND WHEN THE THROTTLES WERE REDUCED TO IDLE. ON THE EXTENDED DOWNWIND LEG, AN AIR CARRIER CREW THAT PASSED BY AND CONFIRMED THE GEAR APPEARED NORMAL. WE WERE CONFIDENT WE ONLY HAD AN INDICATION PROBLEM. WE ACCOMPLISHED A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION BY OUR MAINTENANCE CHIEF IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS A BROKEN WIRE IN THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL WELL AND THE GREEN LANDING GEAR CAPSULE WAS NOT MAKING GOOD CONTACT. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE CAPSULE WAS REPLACED AND SEVERAL GEAR RETRACTION TESTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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