REFLECTOR: Vero Beach Gear Up

Kevin Baker flykb at verizon.net
Mon Jan 16 11:51:42 CST 2012


Thanks John for the great information and keeping us safe.

Kevin

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On Jan 16, 2012, at 10:51, "John Abraham" <john at velocityaircraft.com> wrote:

> I flew down the Key West.  The gear was left up, switch was down (not sure if it was put down before or after the landing), turned on master, nothing happened, hit reset button and gear started down.  No dump was needed.  This was lack of identifying no green lights on the panel.  Also failure to use a checklist.
>  
> So let’s review Retract Gear procedures.
>  
> Step One: Normal GUMPS (Gas, Undercarriage, Mixture, Propeller).  Now you are at the point that the gear does not come down.  Causes: Pressure Switches High and Low are both triggered or pump failure.
>  
> Step Two: Selector still in the down position, hit the RESET button next to the gear selector.  This forces the pump to run in the down position.  If the pump starts to run, look for TWO green lights not one.  If you have two green lights land normally.
>  
> If gear does not come down go to step 3:
>  
> Step Three:  Pull the gear pump breaker. (Not the control head breaker).  Open the dump valve all the way.  Gear should free fall down and lock.  If you get TWO green lights, close the dump valve to help lock pressure, you STILL put the nose gear stick in the keel.  This will help prevent the nose gear from collapsing if it doesn’t go all the way over center. Proceed to land normally.
>  
> You must always verify that after you use the selector that you get the green indicators for your gear being down.  If you are unsure, ask the tower, if someone is in the back of the plane they can remove the panel and look for the mains to be over-center and locked.  If you do not have the air block over the pitch stick you can feel for the mono shock to see if it is up against the OC stop.
>  
> Any questions call the office.
>  
>  
>                       John Abraham
> Chief Pilot, Executive V.P. Sales and Marketing
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>  
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Alex Balic
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 11:28 AM
> To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Vero Beach Gear Up
>  
> It doesn’t seem by the picture that the gear collapsed, I would think that if he used the dump valve, the gear would have deployed, even if it didn’t lock and folded back up, it would be visible in the picture- does anyone know if he has the dump valve installed?, or was he just unaware that the gear wasn’t down when landing?
>  
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of John Abraham
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 9:27 AM
> To: 'Brett Ferrell'; 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Vero Beach Gear Up
>  
> Gear came down with rest button right away when I flew down there.  The gear was in working order.  He didn’t verify if he had the lights.
>  
>                       John Abraham
> Chief Pilot, Executive V.P. Sales and Marketing
>          <image004.jpg>
>                   200 W. Airport Drive
>                   Sebastian, FL 32958
>             www.velocityaircraft.com
>                   (P): 772-589-1860
>                   (F): 772-589-1893
>  
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Brett Ferrell
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 10:19 AM
> To: reflector
> Subject: REFLECTOR: Vero Beach Gear Up
>  
> Glad that it sounds like everyone was OK....
>  
> http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/fl-keys-runway-update-20120116,0,2413405.story
>  
> Brett
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