19881114068589I

Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB-120 · Great Falls, MT · November 14, 1988

Date
November 14, 1988 · 15:46 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
Great Falls International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SWIA
Aircraft
N187SW
Reported as
EMB EMB120
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Unsafe gear door light indication after takeoff. Returned. Frozen slush cleaned off door proximity switch.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE GEAR DOOR LIGHT INDICATION AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FROZEN SLUSH CLEANED OFF DOOR PROXIMITY SWITCH.

Other reports on N187SW · 1

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