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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 99 · Portland, ME · August 12, 1986

Date
August 12, 1986 · 12:13 local
Place
Portland, ME
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BHAA
Aircraft
N203BH
Reported as
Beech 99
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A65B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total2,000 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.

Nose gear position indicator showed unsafe. Pilot manually extended gear and landed. Indicator switch was stuck.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR SHOWED UNSAFE. PILOT MANUALLY EXTENDED GEAR AND LANDED. INDICATOR SWITCH WAS STUCK.