Incident
at 5NM S THE PAS / GRACE LAKE MB (CJR3)
A Missinippi Air-Care Beech 200 (MA03) from The Pas/Grace Lake, MB (CJR3) to
Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson, MB (CYWG) declared an emergency while inbound to CYWG, due to a nose landing gear indication.
UPDATE: TSB Report #A21C0007: C-GOGT, a Beech 200 operated by Beaver Air Services as flight MA03, was conducting a flight from The Pas/Grace Lake, MB (CJR3) to Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson, MB (CYWG). After departing CJR3, the flight crew selected "gear up". The nose gear started to retract and then the hydraulic pump stopped running. The main gear remained in the down and locked position. The flight crew continued the climb, declared a "PAN PAN" with ATC, and made the decision to continue to CYWG. On final approach to CYWG, the flight crew completed the emergency landing gear extension checklist and received a nose landing gear down and locked indication. The aircraft landed safely with ARFF on standby and subsequently taxied to the apron. The aircraft was ferried to Winnipeg/St. Andrews, MB (CYAV) for maintenance. The operators
maintenance personnel replaced the power pack pressure switch.
UPDATE from Airworthiness: A Civil Aviation Safety Inspector (CASI) looked into this occurrence. On January 15, 2021, the pilot of the aircraft (C-GOGT/MA03) reported that, upon departure from The Pas/Grace Lake, MB (CJR3), the landing gear failed to retract. The nose landing gear (NLG) started retracting, then stopped, and the left-hand (L/H) and right-hand (R/H) main landing gear (MLG) did not retract. The hydraulic retraction system was then inoperative. The NLG indicated as not being down/locked, while the L/H and R/H MLG were indicating as down/locked. The pilot continue to Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson, MB (CYWG) with the landing (LDG) gear in this condition. Before landing, the pilot used the emergency "gear down" system, and got the NLG down and indicating as down/locked. The pilot landed at CYWG without incident. Maintenance inspected the NLG and both MLG; there were no obvious faults found. All three LDG gear were braced for security, and a Ferry Permit was issued to fly the aircraft, fixed gear down, to Winnipeg/St Andrews, MB (CYAV) for further investigation of the retraction system. Missinippi Maintenance trouble shot the retraction system, and found that the main pressure control switch (p/n 1225P36-3) on the power pack was faulty. A replacement pressure switch is on order.