41.6834° N, 86.2500° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 28, 1992 · 12:45 local
Place
South Bend, IN
Airport
Michiana Regional
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RAIA
Aircraft
N423AM
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3201
People aboard
12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total3,000 in this make and model231 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.
Unsafe gear indication. Pumped gear down manually. Landed safely. Found an inoperative nose gear microswitch.
As the FAA filed it
UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. PUMPED GEAR DOWN MANUALLY. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND AN INOPERATIVE NOSE GEAR MICROSWITCH.