# Incident 19790108001409I: Aerosp 262ANORD, Pittsburgh, PA, January 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1979, 15:24 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AAR
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7885A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7885A-1981-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nord 262-A (registry code 6380501, https://openairdocs.org/model/nord-262-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP 262ANORD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790108001409I

## Narrative

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

COULD NOT GET SAFE GEAR INDICATION, LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N7885A (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790111001119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790111001119I), Jan 11, 1979: Aerosp 262ANORD (N7885A), Pittsburgh, PA. Left main gear did not indicate lock down. Cause undetermined, situation could not be duplicated.
- [Accident 19770831033399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770831033399A), Aug 31, 1977: Aerosp 262ANORD (N7885A), Philadelphia, PA. Cabin personnel warned to be seated. Pax got up, flt attendant got up to seat pax.

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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