# Incident 19900521025199I: Beech E90, Houston, TX, May 21, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1990, 10:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GUQA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17SE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17SE-2006-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,650 total, 149 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900521025199I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET LEFT GEAR DOWN SAFE LIGHT. LANDED SAFELY. WIRE TO DOWN LOCK SWITCH WAS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N17SE (2)

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

- [Incident 19881107064649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881107064649I), Nov 7, 1988: Beech E90 (N17SE), Beaumont Port A, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft received bird strike on final. Landed safely. Minor damage to aircraft.
- [Incident 19820608031139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820608031139I), Jun 8, 1982: Beech E90 (N17SE), North Adams, MA, Minor damage. Collided with a deer on the runway at liftoff.

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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