# Incident 19911031053919I: Emb EMB120, Charleston, WV, October 31, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1991, 07:58 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ASOA
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N281AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N281AS-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118B (registry code 52131, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911031053919I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND DEFECTIVE SQUAT SWITCH.

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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