# Incident 19881211067789I: Cessna 402C, Middletown, PA, December 11, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1988, 09:47 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1236V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881211067789I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. LANDED NOSE GEAR UP. FROZEN WATER IN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PREVENTED GEAR EXTENSION.

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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