# Incident 20230428012679I: Rockwell International 690A, Searcy, AR, April 28, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2023, 11:53 local time
- Place: Searcy, AR
- Airport: Searcy Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2411° N, 91.7352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Searcy, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2411&lon=-91.7352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N690EH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N690EH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 690A (registry code 7630515, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-5&6SER (registry code 01515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-5-6ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 690A
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331-5&6SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230428012679I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CONWAY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCXW) AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 CST, CLIMBING TO ~16,200 MSL ENROUTE TO TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS TO PERFORM AERIAL SURVEY. ONCE ON STATION, LOW CUMULOUS CLOUDS PREVENTED FURTHER COLLECTION, AND THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED BACK TOWARDS CONWAY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCXW). SHORTLY AFTER, THE PILOT NOTED A GEAR UNSAFE "RED LIGHT." ALL THREE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE STOWED, SO THE PILOT RECYCLED THE GEAR HANDLE THEN NOTED THERE WAS AN ISSUE DUE TO THE GEAR NOT CYCLING AS USUAL. THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR DUMP MEMORY ITEM PROCEDURE FOLLOWED BY THE CHECKLIST, WITH THE NOSE GEAR COMING DOWN AND LOCKING, WHILE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TOOK ABOUT A MINUTE AND REQUIRED SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT AND APPLYING LIGHT G-FORCE BEFORE INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LEFT GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN, AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND IT EVEN WITH HEAVIER G-LOADING. THE PILOT CONTACTED GROUND PERSONNEL AT CONWAY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCXW) AND WAS ADVISED TO DIVERT TO SEARCY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KSRC). THE PILOT PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE LEFT MAIN GEAR INTO PLACE WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT SEARCY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KSRC) AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT LOWER FUSELAGE AND LEFT PROPELLER. TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WITH 0 INJURIES.

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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