Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Aerosp AS365N2

Difficulty date
February 7, 2009
Submitted
February 7, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N272DE
Make and model
Aerosp AS365N2
Aircraft serial
6435
Aircraft time
7,509 hours, 31,919 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

RT LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN. PILOT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING ISSUE AND EXECUTING EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. ADDITIONAL TROUBLESHOOTING OVER RADIO WITH PILOT AFTER CONSULTING WITH MX. GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN FULL DOWN AND LOCK POSITION. ELECTED TO HAVE SOMEONE TRY TO PULL THE GEAR DOWN WHILE THE PILOT HOVERED. DID EXTENSIVE COORDINATION PRIOR TO THE ATTEMPT AND WAS SUCCESSFUL. GEAR LOCKED DOWN AND ACFT WAS TOWED TO THE HANGAR.

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