41.6834° N, 86.2500° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 29, 1992 · 12:10 local
Place
South Bend, IN
Airport
Michiana Regional
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
COMA
Aircraft
N344CA
Reported as
Cessna 340A
People aboard
36
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,850 total4,365 in this make and model288 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.
Hydraulic pump would not lock main gear in down position. Manually lowered gear. Landed safely.
As the FAA filed it
HYDRAULIC PUMP WOULD NOT LOCK MAIN GEAR IN DOWN POSITION. MANUALLY LOWERED GEAR. LANDED SAFELY.