42.0442° N, 79.8539° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Erie County Airport (3G1), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 27, 1984 · 19:06 local
Place
Erie, PA
Airport
Erie International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VNAA
Aircraft
N102VN
Reported as
EMB EMB110P1
People aboard
13
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,600 total1,500 in this make and model288 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.
Snow blowing into nose wheel well froze on downlock switch. Caused unsafe light. Same condition on earlier flight.
As the FAA filed it
SNOW BLOWING INTO NOSE WHEEL WELL FROZE ON DOWNLOCK SWITCH. CAUSED UNSAFE LIGHT. SAME CONDITION ON EARLIER FLIGHT.