Jazz DH8A at Halifax on Mar 3rd 2013, gear doors exercising

Last Update: March 6, 2013 / 23:04:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 3, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QK-8882

Aircraft Registration
C-FABW

ICAO Type Designator
DH8A

A Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-100, registration C-FABW performing flight QK-8882 from Halifax,NS to Deer Lake,NL (Canada), was climbing out of Halifax, the gear had been fully retracted, locked up and gear doors had correctly closed, when all gear door lights and the red gear handle light illuminated, the gear doors opened and closed resulting in a safe indication again. A few minutes later all gear door lights and the gear handle light illuminated again, all gear doors opened and closed again resulting in all lights extinguishing again. The crew stopped the climb at 8000 feet and decided to return to Halifax where the aircraft landed safely about 20 minutes after departure.

The Canadian TSB reported that maintenance replaced three landing gear relays, subsequent gear swings showed no problem and the aircraft returned to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 3, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QK-8882

Aircraft Registration
C-FABW

ICAO Type Designator
DH8A

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