SDR VQMA20121229001

Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Beech B200

Difficulty date: December 29, 2012
Submitted: December 31, 2012
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N918TC
Make and model: Beech B200
Aircraft serial: BB918
Aircraft time: 9,742 hours, 9,459 cycles
System (JASC): 3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear
Part: Landing Gear
Condition: Collapsed
Location: Nose
Part time: 8,260 cycles
Stage of operation: AP
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: J
Precautionary procedure: A

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, ACTIVATED GEAR DOWN CYCLE, DISCOVERED THAT THE TWO MAIN GEARS DID EXTEND AND LOCK, NOSE GEAR HAD NOT FULLY EXTENDED OR LOCKED INTO ITS CORRECT POSITION. ASCERTAINED THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED IN FLIGHT, IT WAS DECIDED TO DIVERT FOR A LANDING. LANDING WAS MADE, AT APPROX 1718, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

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