N799L

ATA 3260

PILOT DISCREPANCY AND ASAP-13 WRITE-UP: UPON REACHING CRUISE ALTITUDE, 3 GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE “AIRSPEED” AURAL WARNING STARTED GOING OFF DUE TO US BEING ABOVE 180KIAS. AFTER SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT, WE CONTINUED TOWARDS PHNL AND TRIED EXTENDING THE GEAR. AFTER GETTING GREEN INDICATIONS FOR BOTH MAIN GEAR, WE WERE STILL RECEIVING THE UNSAFE INDICATION FOR THE NOSE. WE PERFORMED THE CHECKLIST ITEMS REQUIRED FOR EMERGENCY EXTENSION, BUT THAT STILL DID NOT PRODUCE A GEAR SAFE INDICATION. AFTER A FLY-BY ON 4L TO GET VISUAL CONFIRMATION FROM TOWER THAT ALL 3 GEAR WERE DOWN, WE DECIDED TO PERFORM THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FOR LANDING WITH NOSE GEAR UNSAFE SINCE THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THE NOSE WAS NOT LOCKED IN PLACE. AFTER (UNEVENTFUL) LANDING AND SECURING THE ENGINE WE WERE ABLE TO ROLL CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND SAFELY EVACUATE BOTH PASSENGERS. MAINTENANCE: WITH GUIDANCE FROM PILATUS ENGINEERING, HONEYWELL, WESTERN TECH REP, AND DOM OFFICE. INSPECTED ALL GEAR AND SWITCHES, WIRING. PERFORMED GEAR ADJUSTMENT AND TEST AND MULTIPLE SWINGS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PILATUS ENGINEERING REQUESTED REPLACEMENT OF BOTH NOSE GEAR UPLOCK AND DOWN LOCK PROXIMITY SWITCHES. REPLACEMENT COMPLETED AND MULTIPLE GEAR SWINGS COMPLETED FOLLOWED BY EXTENSIVE OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT. NO FURTHER ISSUES NOTED, AIRCRAFT APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE UNDER WORK ORDER N799LA-230227-1

ATA 3200

IN CRUISE FLIGHT WITH GEAR RETRACTED, CREW REPORTS CASS DISPLAY OF "LANDING GEAR EXCEEDANCE". PILOTS IN FLIGHT DECLARED EMERGENCY WHEN GEAR WAS LOWERED AND UNSAFE NOSE GEAR WAS INDICATED. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

ATA 5530

UPON VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND THE MOST AFT VERTICAL TUBING OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE SHEARED ABOVE TAIL GEAR ATTACH POINT BUT BELOW 45 ANGLE BRACE. AIRCRAFT USED DAILY FOR FLIGHT TRAINING WITH AN AVERAGE OF 100 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME EVERY 90 DAYS.