Service difficulty report · Unknown · Beech C99

Difficulty date
July 20, 2023
Submitted
August 17, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N106SX
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U166
Aircraft time
30,400 hours, 42,845 cycles
Part
Unknown
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER DEPARTING KBIH, NLG WOULD NOT RETRACT. EXTENDED GEAR TO LAND BACK AT KBIH, ONLY THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATORS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT CREW HAD THE TOWER VERIFY GEAR WAS DOWN. UPON LANDING, RH MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. MAINTENANCE SWUNG GEAR AND FOUND NO ISSUES DURING THESE CHECKS. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN HELD BY NTSB FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. ALTHOUGH AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN RELEASED, NO FURTHER MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED OR PARTS ORDERED DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE AIRCRAFT IS STILL IN KBIH. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AT THIS TIME AND NO PART WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE CAUSED THE GEAR COLLAPSE.

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