Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 28, 2023
Submitted
January 3, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N501UP
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
560XL5252
Aircraft time
15,694 hours, 11,230 cycles
Part
Unknown
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
AP
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

EMERGENCY DECLARED ON LANDING. ON APPROACH GEAR DOWN SELECTED, R/H MAIN GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE AND RED UNLOCK LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. DECLINED THE APPROACH CLEARANCE TO RUN THROUGH THE CHECKLIST COMPLETELY TO INCLUDE BLOWING THE NITROGEN BOTTLE. NEITHER TOWER NOR A MEDIVAC HELICOPTER WITH NIGHT VISION GOGGLES COULD CONFIRM GEAR DOWN (ALL AT NIGHT). ON SHORT FINAL WHEN THROTTLE PULLED BACK, THE GEAR WARNING HORN BLASTED CONTINUOUSLY. LANDED AT VREF ON LH MAIN GEAR FIRST, THEN NOSE, THEN RH MAIN GEAR WHICH DID NOT COLLAPSE. THE GEAR HORN CONTINUED TO SOUND ALL THE WAY TO THE FBO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED GEAR DOWN TO A SUITABLE LOCATION FOR REPAIR.

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