# Incident 20220302005509I: Aero Commander 500 S, Rome, GA, March 2, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2022, 17:15 local time
- Place: Rome, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2570° N, 85.1647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rome, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2570&lon=-85.1647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N202JH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N202JH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 S (registry code 0141107, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 500 S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,350 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220302005509I

## Narrative

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

PIC STATED THAT DURING APPROACH, CREW LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR BUT THE RIGHT MAIN GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, BUT THE RED GEAR "UNSAFE" LIGHT ILLUMINATED. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS NOT IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THROTTLES WERE RETARDED TO CONFIRM VIA THE GEAR WARNING HORN THAT THE RIGHT MAIN WAS NOT IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. PIC ALSO STATED CREW CONSULTED THE CHECKLIST AND MANUAL AND PERFORMED ALL ACTIONS SET FORTH IN THE CHECKLIST AND MANUAL, INCLUDING CYCLING THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES, VARYING SPEEDS, AND MILD "FISHTAILING" OF THE AIRCRAFT. PIC MADE CONTACT WITH INDIVIDUALS ON THE GROUND, INCLUDING A PILOT WHO WAS RATED IN THE SAME TYPE AIRCRAFT, AND REQUESTED HE CALL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PREMIER TWIN COMMANDER MAINTENANCE FACILITY. THAT INDIVIDUAL CONTACTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY, AND AN A & P MECHANIC, AND HE CONFIRMED THAT THE PROCEDURES THEY HAD ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED WERE ALL THAT WERE RECOMMENDED. CREW THEN DECIDED DUE TO THEIR OPTIONS AND THE MANUAL'S RECOMMENDATION, TO LAND WITH THE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON IT'S BELLY WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

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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