What happened
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The commercial rated pilot was in the landing phase of flight and did not have a confirmed landing gear down and locked indication. He asked the ground crew to verify the position of the landing gear. The observer verified that the nose gear was not locked. The pilot attempted a landing with a nose high attitude and as the main gear contacted the runway surface the left main collapsed. This action forced hydraulic pressure to extend and lock the nose gear. There are no injury's. the damage to the aircraft was minor. Aircraft records were reviewed and found to have proper aircraft certification and current aircraft inspection status. Diagostics of the landing gear system found the emergency extend relief valve was bypassing. An FAA form 8010-4 malfunction or defect report was submitted to AFS-620.
As the FAA filed it
THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS IN THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT AND DID NOT HAVE A CONFIRMED LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. HE ASKED THE GROUND CREW TO VERIFY THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE OBSERVER VERIFIED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING WITH A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND AS THE MAIN GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED. THIS ACTION FORCED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO EXTEND AND LOCK THE NOSE GEAR. THERE ARE NO INJURY'S. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR. AIRCRAFT RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND FOUND TO HAVE PROPER AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION AND CURRENT AIRCRAFT INSPECTION STATUS. DIAGOSTICS OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FOUND THE EMERGENCY EXTEND RELIEF VALVE WAS BYPASSING. AN FAA FORM 8010-4 MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO AFS-620.
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