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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4 · Easton, PA · April 4, 2019

Date
April 4, 2019 · 12:45 local
Place
Easton, PA
Airport
Braden Airpark
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1122L
Reported as
Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total8 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated the first takeoff was normal the hydraulically operated landing gear retracted normally but the hydraulically operated flaps would not retract because the flap handle was ?stuck?. The gear was extended normally and an uneventful landing was made. The aircraft was shut down and inspected by the pilot and no cause was found but the flap system started to operate normally. The pilot then restarted the aircraft end took off again. During the second climb out the gear and flaps retracted normally, the flaps extended normally but the gear would not extend because the gear handle was now ?stuck?. After discussion and an attempt to use the emergency pump handle the pilot and passenger agreed to land gear up on the runway. An uneventful belly landing was conducted with minimal damage to the keel. The POH was not consulted for emergency procedures.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THE FIRST TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL THE HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED LANDING GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY BUT THE HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT BECAUSE THE FLAP HANDLE WAS ?STUCK?. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED NORMALLY AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND INSPECTED BY THE PILOT AND NO CAUSE WAS FOUND BUT THE FLAP SYSTEM STARTED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE PILOT THEN RESTARTED THE AIRCRAFT END TOOK OFF AGAIN. DURING THE SECOND CLIMB OUT THE GEAR AND FLAPS RETRACTED NORMALLY, THE FLAPS EXTENDED NORMALLY BUT THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND BECAUSE THE GEAR HANDLE WAS NOW ?STUCK?. AFTER DISCUSSION AND AN ATTEMPT TO USE THE EMERGENCY PUMP HANDLE THE PILOT AND PASSENGER AGREED TO LAND GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY. AN UNEVENTFUL BELLY LANDING WAS CONDUCTED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE KEEL. THE POH WAS NOT CONSULTED FOR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.

Other reports on N1122L · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.