Beech B200 Super King Air, G-BYCP
Report name:
Beech B200 Super King Air, G-BYCP
Beech B200 Super King Air, G-BYCP
Registration:
G-BYCP
G-BYCP
Type:
Beech B200 Super King Air
Beech B200 Super King Air
Location:
Southend Airport, Essex
Southend Airport, Essex
Date of occurrence:
24 March 2007
24 March 2007
Category:
Public transport - Fixed Wing
Public transport - Fixed Wing
Summary:
After selecting the landing gear to UP after takeoff from Caen, the 'gear unsafe' light remained on. The flight crew established that the nose landing gear had neither retracted nor remained locked down and, despite recycling the gear and attempting to use of the emergency gear lowering system, the crew were unable to lock the leg down. On landing at Southend Airport, the nose leg collapsed, causing damage to the fuselage nose structure and the propeller blade tips. The investigation revealed that the nose gear actuator had been affected internally by corrosion, resulting from water ingress, which led to the failure of the threads within the actuation nut of the actuator. It had completed a total of 1,449 cycles of its 8,000 cycle life, but only 532 cycles since its last 1,000 cycle check.
After selecting the landing gear to UP after takeoff from Caen, the 'gear unsafe' light remained on. The flight crew established that the nose landing gear had neither retracted nor remained locked down and, despite recycling the gear and attempting to use of the emergency gear lowering system, the crew were unable to lock the leg down. On landing at Southend Airport, the nose leg collapsed, causing damage to the fuselage nose structure and the propeller blade tips. The investigation revealed that the nose gear actuator had been affected internally by corrosion, resulting from water ingress, which led to the failure of the threads within the actuation nut of the actuator. It had completed a total of 1,449 cycles of its 8,000 cycle life, but only 532 cycles since its last 1,000 cycle check.
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