Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Gulstm 114TC

Difficulty date
January 31, 2005
Submitted
February 15, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N115TB
Make and model
Gulstm 114TC
Aircraft serial
20031
Engine
Lyc TIO540*
Propeller
Mcauly B3D32C417
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Collapsed
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FIRST FLT AFTER ENG REFITMENT NLG FAILED TO EXTEND TO LANDING POS. ON FIRST FLT, GREEN NOSE WHEEL INDICATOR WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. NLG WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED TO ANGLE OF SOME 45 DEGREES. EMERGENCY EXTENSION PRECEDURES CARRIED OUT BY PILOT STILL FAILED TO EXTEND NLG BEYOND 45 DEGREES. PWROFF LANDING WAS EXECUTED WHERE UPON NLG COLLAPSED AND AC CAME TO REST ON 2 OF 3 PROP BLADES NOSE WHEEL BAY DOORS. AC NOSE WAS LIFTED. LANDING HAD PUSHED NLG BACK TOWARD RETRACTED POSITION BUT WITH PART OF TIRE PROTRUDING THROUGH PARTIALLY OPEN NOSE BAY DOORS. PIN ATTACHING NOSE GEAR ACT TO NOSE LEG WAS REMOVED. ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION IS BEING CARRIED OUT WHICH AT THIS TIME HAS FAILED TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FAILURE. (K)