19871027065829I

Incident

FAA incident report · Mtsbsi MU-2B-35 · Fresno, CA · October 27, 1987

Date
October 27, 1987 · 12:10 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BZXA
Aircraft
N375CA
Reported as
Mtsbsi MU2B35
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total1,200 in this make and model120 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 gear failed to lower for landing emergency extension used. A broken wire was found at the gear down solenoid.

As the FAA filed it

THE GEAR FAILED TO LOWER FOR LANDING EMERGENCY EXTENSION USED. A BROKEN WIRE WAS FOUND AT THE GEAR DOWN SOLENOID.