What happened
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During the downwind leg to land at myr the landing gear was selected to the down position. The pilot noticed that there was no gear green light and the mechanical gear position indicator also did not indicate gear down. The pilot initiated a go around to trouble shoot the problem. At a safe altitude the emergency check list was followed and the pilot could not hand crank the landing gear to the down position. After several attempts to lower the landing gear the pilot performed a low approach by the control tower. The tower confirmed that the landing gear was partially down, (both main and nose gear). This was confirmed by the chief instructor of the Myrtle Beach academy of aviation and a pilot who was in an aircraft at the hold line. At this point the pilot elected to land on runway 18 and did so with no further incident. The aircraft came to a stop and the pilot turned off the master switch, the magneto and the fuel and exited the aircraft.
The aircraft was moved to a hangar and it was inspected by an inspector from the south carolina flight standards district office on July 14, 2016, the following was noted:
1. The in board main ldg doors are mostly ground away.
2. The nose gear doors are heavily damaged, the right door for the nose gear is broken off.
3. Both main gear pusu/pull tubes are bent and both inbord door push/pull tubes are damaged.
4. The nose gear push/pull tube in the nose well is bent and cracked and the nose door rod ends are pulled out of the doors.
5. All blades are curled back on both propellers.
6. The nose step is broken off about half way down from its attach point.
7. On jacks the gear was electrically select up without any movement, however 25.5 volts was noted at the power wire at the gear box motor. The gear was hand cranked up a little and the gear was electrically selected down without any movement, however there was 25.5 volts at the gear box motor power wire. The mechanics that retrieved the aircraft from the runway stated that they jacked the aircraft up and hand cranked the gear to the down position without any problem.
I advised the owner to notify me when the failed part was detirmed and complete a malfuntion and defect report and provide me a copy of it.
As the FAA filed it
DURING THE DOWNWIND LEG TO LAND AT MYR THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO GEAR GREEN LIGHT AND THE MECHANICAL GEAR POSITION INDICATOR ALSO DID NOT INDICATE GEAR DOWN. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE PROBLEM. AT A SAFE ALTITUDE THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST WAS FOLLOWED AND THE PILOT COULD NOT HAND CRANK THE LANDING GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR THE PILOT PERFORMED A LOW APPROACH BY THE CONTROL TOWER. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY DOWN, (BOTH MAIN AND NOSE GEAR). THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR OF THE MYRTLE BEACH ACADEMY OF AVIATION AND A PILOT WHO WAS IN AN AIRCRAFT AT THE HOLD LINE. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18 AND DID SO WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AND THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH, THE MAGNETO AND THE FUEL AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.
THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A HANGAR AND IT WAS INSPECTED BY AN INSPECTOR FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE ON JULY 14, 2016, THE FOLLOWING WAS NOTED:
1. THE IN BOARD MAIN LDG DOORS ARE MOSTLY GROUND AWAY.
2. THE NOSE GEAR DOORS ARE HEAVILY DAMAGED, THE RIGHT DOOR FOR THE NOSE GEAR IS BROKEN OFF.
3. BOTH MAIN GEAR PUSU/PULL TUBES ARE BENT AND BOTH INBORD DOOR PUSH/PULL TUBES ARE DAMAGED.
4. THE NOSE GEAR PUSH/PULL TUBE IN THE NOSE WELL IS BENT AND CRACKED AND THE NOSE DOOR ROD ENDS ARE PULLED OUT OF THE DOORS.
5. ALL BLADES ARE CURLED BACK ON BOTH PROPELLERS.
6. THE NOSE STEP IS BROKEN OFF ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN FROM ITS ATTACH POINT.
7. ON JACKS THE GEAR WAS ELECTRICALLY SELECT UP WITHOUT ANY MOVEMENT, HOWEVER 25.5 VOLTS WAS NOTED AT THE POWER WIRE AT THE GEAR BOX MOTOR. THE GEAR WAS HAND CRANKED UP A LITTLE AND THE GEAR WAS ELECTRICALLY SELECTED DOWN WITHOUT ANY MOVEMENT, HOWEVER THERE WAS 25.5 VOLTS AT THE GEAR BOX MOTOR POWER WIRE. THE MECHANICS THAT RETRIEVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY STATED THAT THEY JACKED THE AIRCRAFT UP AND HAND CRANKED THE GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.
I ADVISED THE OWNER TO NOTIFY ME WHEN THE FAILED PART WAS DETIRMED AND COMPLETE A MALFUNTION AND DEFECT REPORT AND PROVIDE ME A COPY OF IT.