What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On March 15, 2025 at approximately 8:40 pm, aircraft departed craig airport (runway 14) enroute back to Tallahassee. The climb out instructions were “climb to 3000 and turn right to a heading of 240 degrees. After liftoff, pnac made the call “positive rate” at which time pac responded “gear up”. When pilot pnac moved the landing gear handle to the “up” position, both pilots heard what sounded like a crunching noise and the amber gear disagree massage appeared on the pfds. The three green landing gear indicators on the MFD changed to amber.
Decision was made to continue to tlh. Upon descent into tlh, co-pilot completed the checklist by placing the gear handle back in the down position which changed the amber gear indicators back to green indicating the gear was down and locked.
Aircraft landed without incident and taxied to ramp.
As the FAA filed it
ON MARCH 15, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:40 PM, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CRAIG AIRPORT (RUNWAY 14) ENROUTE BACK TO TALLAHASSEE. THE CLIMB OUT INSTRUCTIONS WERE “CLIMB TO 3000 AND TURN RIGHT TO A HEADING OF 240 DEGREES. AFTER LIFTOFF, PNAC MADE THE CALL “POSITIVE RATE” AT WHICH TIME PAC RESPONDED “GEAR UP”. WHEN PILOT PNAC MOVED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE “UP” POSITION, BOTH PILOTS HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A CRUNCHING NOISE AND THE AMBER GEAR DISAGREE MASSAGE APPEARED ON THE PFDS. THE THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR INDICATORS ON THE MFD CHANGED TO AMBER.
DECISION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE TO TLH. UPON DESCENT INTO TLH, CO-PILOT COMPLETED THE CHECKLIST BY PLACING THE GEAR HANDLE BACK IN THE DOWN POSITION WHICH CHANGED THE AMBER GEAR INDICATORS BACK TO GREEN INDICATING THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.
AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO RAMP.