What was found
LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND UNTIL PILOT OPENED BYPASS VALVE TO USE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP. GEAR FELL TO DOWN POSITION, BUT WOULD NOT EXTEND AND LOCK. A GEAR-UP LANDING WAS MADE WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.
- Difficulty date
- June 26, 1997
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N60BP
- Make and model
- Amtr VENTURE
- Aircraft serial
- 51
- System (JASC)
- 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
- Part
- Landing Gear
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Nlg & Mlg
- Stage of operation
- AP
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.