# Incident 19881112063559I: Cessna S550, Sarasota - Brad, FL, November 12, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1988, 15:25 local time
- Place: Sarasota - Brad, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DXTA
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N151QS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA S550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881112063559I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT. DIVERTED. LANDED SAFELY. LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWN LOCK SWITCH HAD FAILED.

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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