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Incident

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC-7-103 · Fairbanks, AK · April 4, 1991

Date
April 4, 1991 · 12:30 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
Fairbanks International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MRKA
Aircraft
N678MA
Reported as
Dhav DHC7103
People aboard
11
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total700 in this make and model210 in the last 90 days

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.

Unable to retact landing gear. Returned. Landed safely. Found a faulty nose gear down lock.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO RETACT LANDING GEAR. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND A FAULTY NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK.