19781120025979I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 99 · Houston, TX · November 20, 1978

Date
November 20, 1978 · 09:30 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
William P Hobby
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RIO
Aircraft
N16RA
Reported as
Beech 99
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total220 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Crew not able to get a safe light for the nse gear. Down lock switch was out of adjustment.

As the FAA filed it

CREW NOT ABLE TO GET A SAFE LIGHT FOR THE NSE GEAR. DOWN LOCK SWITCH WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.