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Incident

FAA incident report · Cvac 440 · Cleveland, OH · August 21, 1987

Date
August 21, 1987 · 06:17 local
Place
Cleveland, OH
Airport
Cleveland-Hopkins International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
GAIA
Aircraft
N455GA
Reported as
Cvac 440
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total3,000 in this make and model125 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.

The nose gear indicated unsafe. System recycled with a safe indication. Cleaned and lubricated switch actuator.

As the FAA filed it

THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE. SYSTEM RECYCLED WITH A SAFE INDICATION. CLEANED AND LUBRICATED SWITCH ACTUATOR.