# Incident 19910404020079I: Dhav DHC7103, Fairbanks, AK, April 4, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1991, 12:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MRKA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N678MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N678MA-1995-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-7-103 (registry code 2802710, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-7-103) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC7103
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910404020079I

## Narrative

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

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

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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