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Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB-110P1 · Erie, PA · February 27, 1984

Date
February 27, 1984 · 17:31 local
Place
Erie, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VNAA
Aircraft
N102EB
Reported as
EMB EMB110P1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,200 total800 in this make and model250 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 gear indication but gear was down and locked. Snow had blown onto nose gear downlock switch and froze.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION BUT GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. SNOW HAD BLOWN ONTO NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH AND FROZE.