41.2400° N, 77.0356° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Williamsport, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 3, 1979 · 12:20 local
Place
Williamsport, PA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USA
Aircraft
N29811
Reported as
Aerosp 262ANORD
People aboard
14
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
One main gear safe light could not be illuminated, landed ok. Retract cylinder was leaking.
As the FAA filed it
ONE MAIN GEAR SAFE LIGHT COULD NOT BE ILLUMINATED, LANDED OK. RETRACT CYLINDER WAS LEAKING.