Service difficulty report · Door · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
October 22, 2005
Submitted
October 24, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N792TA
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK264
Aircraft time
5,181 hours, 4,257 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

KTUL - KSBN WHILE MAKING A VISUAL APPROACH TO LANDING IN KSBN, THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND THE CREW RECEIVED 3 GREEN INDICATIONS, HOWEVER, THE MAIN GEAR DOORS WOULD NOT RETRACT. A MISSED APPROACH WAS EXECUTED. THE SAME INDICATION WAS RECEIVED WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED. WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED, A FLY-BY PAST THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR DOORS WERE NOT RETRACTED. THE CREW THEN PERFORMED AN ALTERNATE GEAR DOOR RETRACTION WHICH SUCCESSFULLY EXTINGUISHED THE GEAR DOOR INDICATION. A FLY-BY PAST THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR DOORS WERE RETRACTED, AND A LANDING WAS MADE IN KSBN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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