GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TKOF; WOULD NOT EXTEND BY NORMAL OR ABNORMAL PROCS; AND THE ENG QUIT PRIOR TO LNDG. AN ENG OUT PARTIALLY EXTENDED GEAR EMER LNDG WAS MADE FOLLOWED BY THE RPTR BEING INJURED IN THE EMER EVAC.
Synopsis
GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TKOF; WOULD NOT EXTEND BY NORMAL OR ABNORMAL PROCS; AND THE ENG QUIT PRIOR TO LNDG. AN ENG OUT PARTIALLY EXTENDED GEAR EMER LNDG WAS MADE FOLLOWED BY THE RPTR BEING INJURED IN THE EMER EVAC.
Narrative
I ACCOMPANIED MY MULTI-ENG INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS MOVING A C310 FROM FLORIDA TO WISCONSIN. A THOROUGH MAINT LOG ASSESSMENT AND VISUAL INSPECTION WERE MADE OF THE ACFT PRIOR TO DEP. AFTER A POSITIVE CLB RATE WAS ESTABLISHED; THE PIC BROUGHT THE GEAR UP. GREEN LIGHTS AND IN-TRANSIT LIGHTS APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY. A FEW SECONDS LATER; TWR INFORMED US THAT THE NOSE AND R MAIN GEAR APPEARED TO BE ONLY HALF-WAY RETRACTED. TWR REQUESTED WE MAKE R TFC AND FLY BY SO THEY COULD GET A BETTER LOOK AT THE GEAR. AT THAT TIME; WE SMELLED THE ODOR OF BURNING ELECTRICAL WIRE. THE PIC RECYCLED THE GEAR. IT DID NOT COME DOWN. PLTS OPERATING HANDBOOK PROCS FOR EMER GEAR EXTENSION WERE FOLLOWED; HOWEVER; UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PIC DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE FLT TO BURN OFF FUEL BEFORE MAKING THE GEAR-UP LNDG. THE CTLR CLRED US TO FLY AT 1500 FT. THE PIC DECLARED AN EMER. GEAR FAILURE EMER CHKLISTS WERE REVIEWED. AFTER APPROX 3 HRS OF CIRCLING THE ARPT; THE L ENG FAILED. ENG OUT EMER CHKLIST WAS FOLLOWED. THE PIC LANDED THE ACFT SINGLE ENG; NO GEAR. SOUNDS OF METAL WERE HEARD SCRAPING ACROSS THE RWY AND WE FEARED FIRE AS THERE WAS APPROX 3 HRS FUEL REMAINING ONBOARD. THE ACFT VEERED TO THE R OFF THE RWY COMING TO A STOP HALFWAY IN THE GRASS. IN EVACUATING THE ACFT I FELL FRACTURING MY R FOOT AND INJURING MY R ROTATOR CUFF. IN TERMS OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE; REMAINING CALM; FOLLOWING CHKLISTS AND THE PLTS OPERATING HANDBOOK; TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE WERE THE KEYS. FRUSTRATION WAS ADDED; HOWEVER; BY TRYING TO LISTEN TO A CUBAN MECH WHO DID NOT SPEAK CLR ENGLISH AND WHOM COULD NOT BE UNDERSTOOD OVER THE RADIO; AND USING AN EMER GEAR EXTENSION SYS THAT DID NOT WORK.
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