19870510033639I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech C99 · Beckley, WV · May 10, 1987

Date
May 10, 1987 · 16:32 local
Place
Beckley, WV
Airport
Raleigh County Memorial
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SABA
Aircraft
N995SB
Reported as
Beech C99
People aboard
15
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total700 in this make and model150 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.

Gear down and locked light failed to illuminate. Found light socket popped out of socket. Safe landing made.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. FOUND LIGHT SOCKET POPPED OUT OF SOCKET. SAFE LANDING MADE.