# Incident 19781120025979I: Beech 99, Houston, TX, November 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1978, 09:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RIO
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16RA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 220 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781120025979I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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