# Incident 20200605007689I: Blackwell John D LANCAIR 235, Tucson, AZ, June 5, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2020, 17:35 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Blackwell John D LANCAIR 235 (registry code 05633KM, https://openairdocs.org/model/blackwell-john-d-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-235-L2C (registry code 42035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-235-l2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLACKWELL JOHN D LANCAIR 235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-235-L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200605007689I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AK-CHIN REGIONAL AIRPORT (A39), AFTER RAISING THE LANDING GEAR THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE GEAR TRANSITION LIGHT TURNED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME LONGER THAN NORMAL.  ASSUMING A LEAK, PILOT PULLED THE GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE WHAT HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS LEFT IN THE SYSTEM FOR LANDING.  THIS CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR TO SLOWLY EXTEND CAUSING INCREASED HEAD TEMPERATURE AND LACK OF AIRSPEED AT FULL POWER.  PILOT INTERMITTENTLY RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER TO RAISE THE GEAR AND LOWER HEAD TEMPERATURE WHILE CONTINUING EN ROUTE TO TUCSON.  PILOT DID A LOW APPROACH OF THE TOWER TO CONFIRM GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  EMERGENCY GEAR VALVE FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND THE GEAR, THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR DEPLOYED BUT RIGHT MAIN FAILED TO SHOW DOWN AND LOCKED.   FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES+, PILOT FLEW SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AND TRIED TO MANEUVER SO THE RIGHT MAIN WOULD LOCK.  PILOT REFERENCED USE OF THE POH AND CALLED ANOTHER PILOT VIA BLUETOOTH TO FOR IDEAS/HELP BUT YAW INPUTS AND G FORCES ALSO FAILED TO GET THE RIGHT MAIN LOCKED.  ANOTHER LOW APPROACH TO CONFIRM GEAR POSITION AND ASKED TO LAND ON RWY 21 FOR A LEFT CROSSWIND LANDING.  UPON LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN SLOWLY BEGAN TO RETRACT AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET OF ROLLOUT CAUSING RIGHT WINGTIP, AILERON, AND FLAP TO SCRAPE THE RUNWAY.  THE RUDDER AS WELL AS THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR ALSO SCRAPED THE RUNWAY.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## Other reports on N16JB (1)

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

- [Incident 20210110012789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210110012789I), Jan 10, 2021: Blackwell John D LANCAIR 235 (N16JB), Oxnard, CA, No damage. N16JB departed koxr for a 19 hour flight to hilo Hawaii. When the a/c was approximately 11 NM west off shore from Oxnard the PIC noticed his engine running…

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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