SDR 97ZZZX2821

Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Amtr GLASAIRIII

Difficulty date
May 1, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N957DJ
Make and model
Amtr GLASAIRIII
Aircraft serial
3084
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunction
Location
Mlg-Nlg
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER HE DEPARTED AIRPORT EN ROUTE TO TORRANCE AIRPORT, CA. HE STATED HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS DURING THE FLIGHT TO COMPTON. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT COMPTON AIRPORT TO CHECK OUT GEAR PROBLEM. WHILE LANDING AT COMPTON, THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED, THEN THE RIGHT, THEN THE NOSE GEAR, IN THAT ORDER. CAUSE NOT KNOWN. LANDING GEAR CHECK FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES.