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Incident

FAA incident report · Hnlypg HP-137 MK1 · San Jose, CA · May 5, 1983

Date
May 5, 1983 · 12:29 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
San Jose
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HPJA
Aircraft
N12217
Reported as
Hnlypg HP137MK1
People aboard
13
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total4,000 in this make and model300 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.

Unsafe nose gear indication. Landed after visual gear down check. Defective nose gear microswitch.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. LANDED AFTER VISUAL GEAR DOWN CHECK. DEFECTIVE NOSE GEAR MICROSWITCH.