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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm 690A · Omaha, NE · January 21, 1994

Date: January 21, 1994 · 10:49 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ATZA
Aircraft: N375AA
Reported as: Gulstm 690A
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,500 total35 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

N375AARegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2012 · Aero Commander 690AS/N 11179 · Built 1974 Airframe modelAero Commander 690A Engine modelAiResearch TPE331 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on January 21, 1994, sky harbor air service, inc. operated N375AA, an aero commander 690A, on their part 135 certificate on a flight from Omaha, Nebraska to hastings, Nebraska. While preparing to land at hastings the pilot selected gear down. The gear came down but the right main gear did not indicate down. And locked. The right main gear down light would not illuminate during test. The pilot elected to return to his maintenance facitlity at Omaha Eppley. Rather than land at hastings, the aircraft landed without incident at Omaha Eppley with the emergency equipment standing by. There was no damage to the aircraft and no injuries to the pilot or his five passengers. Maintenance checked the gear system and found the right main gear down light bulb had burned out. The bulb was replaced. This bulb could not be changed by the pilot due to an overlay installed over that area. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 21, 1994, SKY HARBOR AIR SERVICE, INC. OPERATED N375AA, AN AERO COMMANDER 690A, ON THEIR PART 135 CERTIFICATE ON A FLIGHT FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA TO HASTINGS, NEBRASKA. WHILE PREPARING TO LAND AT HASTINGS THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN. THE GEAR CAME DOWN BUT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN. AND LOCKED. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE DURING TEST. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO HIS MAINTENANCE FACITLITY AT OMAHA EPPLEY. RATHER THAN LAND AT HASTINGS, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT OMAHA EPPLEY WITH THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT STANDING BY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS FIVE PASSENGERS. MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE GEAR SYSTEM AND FOUND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN LIGHT BULB HAD BURNED OUT. THE BULB WAS REPLACED. THIS BULB COULD NOT BE CHANGED BY THE PILOT DUE TO AN OVERLAY INSTALLED OVER THAT AREA. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.