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    Republic of the Philippines

    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
    MIA Road, Pasay City 1300

    AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND INQUIRY BOARD

    FINAL REPORT

    COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNAM S.P.A.,


    TECNAM P2006T

    OPERATOR: FIRST AVIATION ACADEMY, INC.

    TYPE OF OPERATION: FLIGHT TRAINING (PCAR PART 3)

    DATE OF OCCURRENCE: MAY 12, 2023

    PLACE OF OCCURRENCE: SUBIC BAY INTERNATIONAL


    AIRPORT, SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE,
    ZAMBALES, PHILIPPINES

    Final Report RP-C8229, P2006T Page 1 of 3


    Republic of the Philippines
    CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

    BASIC INFORMATION

    Aircraft Registration No. : RP-C8229

    Aircraft Type/Model : Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam P2006T

    Operator : First Aviation Academy, Inc.

    Address of Operator : Bldg. 8303S Southwest Apron B, Subic Bay International


    Airport, Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Zambales, Philippines

    Place of Occurrence : Subic Bay International Airport (RPLB), Subic Bay


    Freeport Zone, Zambales, Philippines

    Date/Time of Occurrence : May 12, 2023 at about 0844H/0044 UTC

    Type of Operation : Flight Training (PCAR Part 3)

    Phase of Flight : Landing

    Type of Occurrence : Gear-up Landing

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

    On or about 1637H of May 12, 2023, a Tecnam P2006T type of aircraft with registry number
    RP-C8229 was on routine flight training at Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA/RPLB) when
    it was involved in a landing incident (landing with undeployed landing gear) at runway 07. The
    aircraft was reported to have experienced a series of malfunctions on its primary and emergency
    landing gear extension systems. The aircraft is being operated by First Aviation Academy, Inc.

    The flight took off from RPLB at about 1415H for a local training flight within the traffic area
    of the airport. The Pilot Trainee (PT) was seated on the left, and the Flight Instructor (FI) was
    in the right seat. The training was uneventful throughout the flight until the time that the PT was
    about to perform the third (3rd) touch-and-go landing. ATC communicated a change in runway
    in-use (from RWY 25 to RWY 07) during this period. The FI requested to proceed and orbit
    over Grande Island to have ample time to prepare for the landing. After receiving the cue from
    the tower regarding the landing sequence, the PT performed landing gear extension and set the
    flaps to 20 degrees. The propeller lever was moved to a full forward position, and flaps were
    set to a landing position (approximately 40°). Subsequently, both pilots noticed that the three
    (3) landing gear (LG) indicator lights were not illuminating on the “green.”. The FI immediately
    took over the controls and initiated a go-around procedure. The FI requested that the tower
    Final Report RP-C8229, P2006T Page 2 of 3
    visually verify the deployment of the landing gear. The ATC on-duty replied with “negative
    landing gears”.

    The FI then performed troubleshooting while on the downwind leg and noticed that the circuit
    breaker (CB) for the landing gears had popped out. He pushed the CB back once, and the
    “Landing Gear Pump—On” annunciated. Following this, they made another pass to the tower
    to verify the status of its landing gear. Once again, the crew received confirmation that the
    landing gear had not deployed. Thereafter, the FI requested to proceed again over Grande Island
    to perform “Emergency Landing Gear Extension”. While completing the actions based on the
    checklist, the Pilots noticed that the right-hand (RH) emergency landing gear valve lever
    extension was missing and could not be functional. After making another pass with the tower,
    the FI received confirmation that their landing gears remained unextended. The FI decided to
    proceed back again over Grande Island to perform a series of G-maneuvers in order to aid in
    the extension of its gears, but to no avail. The FI advised ATC that they would perform circling
    for thirty (30) minutes to burn fuel and reduce the aircraft weight. The FI then requested to
    perform three (3) low passes to simulate the gear-up landing. On its fourth (4th) and last
    approach, the FI committed to performing the landing without landing gear. The aircraft touched
    down abeam marker 7 of runway 07 and continued skidding forward for approximately 700 feet
    from its touched-down point until it finally stopped at approximately 300 feet before marker 6
    of runway 07. The aircraft finally settled at grid coordinates of 14°47'33.162"N, 120°16'0.12"E,
    and a heading of 068°. ATC immediately dispatched the ARFF, together with FAA’s
    maintenance personnel. They responded immediately to the incident site to assist the pilots and
    secure the aircraft. No fire ensued, and the pilots safely deplaned the aircraft.

    PROBABLE CAUSE

    • Primary Cause Factor

    a. Faulty landing gear extension electric motor that resulted to gear-up landing.

    • Contributory Cause Factor

    a. Missing alternate landing gear extension valve lever.

    SAFETY ACTIONS

    Following the occurrence, First Aviation Academy, Inc. initiated the following safety corrective
    action:

    a. Reduction of hydraulic periodic inspection from 100 hours to 50 hours.


    b. Provision of multi-function tool to each aircraft.
    c. Included in their training procedures the landing gear retraction and extension
    provisions.
    d. Performed landing gear maintenance as per aircraft manufacturer safety bulletin before
    the aircraft was released back to service.
    -----END-----
    Final Report RP-C8229, P2006T Page 3 of 3

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