Service difficulty report · Unknown · Beech C90GTI

Difficulty date
March 5, 2019
Submitted
March 5, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N121MF
Make and model
Beech C90GTI
Aircraft serial
LJ2144
Aircraft time
453 hours, 517 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A135A
Engine time
453 hours, 498 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3C
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
453 hours, 517 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
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

HAD AN ISSUE REQUIRING US TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WITH OUR AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT WAS TO BE GOING TO HIO AND ON THE SEQUENCE OF PREPARING TO LAND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND ONLY HAD ILLUMINATION OF THE NOSE AND LT GEAR WITH “GREEN” DOWN INDICATION. THE PILOTS PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE WITHOUT ILLUMINATION OF THE RT .GREEN” DOWN INDICATION. THE PILOTS THEN DIVERTED TO PDX AND AS THEY APPROACHED WERE JOINED BY A POLICE AIRCRAFT THAT USED THERE INFRARED CAMERA TO LOOK AT THE GEAR. THE CHASE PLANE TOLD THEM THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THEN MADE THE DOWNWIND APPROACH AND IN THIS TIME THE RT “GREEN” DOWN LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND CONTINUED WITH LANDING WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. WILL FOLLOW UP WITH EXACT DETAILS WHEN AVAILABLE. SUBMITTING WITHIN THE REQUIRED 96 HOUR TIMEFRAME.

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