What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft N18VV was on a maintenance test flight. Following several attempts to extend the landing gear normally the right main gear would not extend. An emergency landing gear extension attempt also failed. The aircraft landed with the right landing gear in the retracted postion. The landing resulted in no substanial damage to the aircraft. The landing gear uplock actuator was determined to be faulty not allowing the right landing gear to extend. This has been classified as an incident.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT N18VV WAS ON A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. FOLLOWING SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR NORMALLY THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. AN EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION ATTEMPT ALSO FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSTION. THE LANDING RESULTED IN NO SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE LANDING GEAR UPLOCK ACTUATOR WAS DETERMINED TO BE FAULTY NOT ALLOWING THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND. THIS HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.
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