# Incident 19880109002859I: Aerosp 262ANORD, Newport News, VA, January 9, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1988, 19:36 local time
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Airport: Patrick Henry International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PLAA
- Location: 36.9788° N, 76.4280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport News, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9788&lon=-76.4280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N275A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N275A-2001-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale NORD 262A (registry code 8680698, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-nord-262a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP 262ANORD
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880109002859I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RECEIVED NO INDICATION OF LANDING GEAR UP AND LOCKED. RETURNED. FOUND FROZEN UP LOCK SWITCH.

## Other reports on N275A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790320009429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790320009429I), Mar 20, 1979: Aerosp 262ANORD (N275A), Pittsburgh, PA. Smoke in cockpit. Replaced flight director amplifier.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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