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.
Narrative: on March 1, 1995 at 0647 MST, a fairchild SA-226-TC experienced an in transit nose landing gear indication; on climb while on a scheduled domestic cargo/passenger flight. VFR condition prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. Crew over flew 1st destination and went direct to logan international airport, billings, MT with the landing gear in the down and locked position. Aircraft landed without incident with all (3) landing gear indicators indicating down and locked. The flight originated at Havre city-county airport, Havre, MT on March 1, 1995 at 0600. Maintenance suspects extreme cold weather conditions with aircraft parked outside over night lead to a frozen up and locked switch. Numerous landing gear retraction inspections were performed after aircraft was placed in a warm hangar with no faults indicated.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 1, 1995 AT 0647 MST, A FAIRCHILD SA-226-TC EXPERIENCED AN IN TRANSIT NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATION; ON CLIMB WHILE ON A SCHEDULED DOMESTIC CARGO/PASSENGER FLIGHT. VFR CONDITION PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. CREW OVER FLEW 1ST DESTINATION AND WENT DIRECT TO LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BILLINGS, MT WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH ALL (3) LANDING GEAR INDICATORS INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HAVRE CITY-COUNTY AIRPORT, HAVRE, MT ON MARCH 1, 1995 AT 0600. MAINTENANCE SUSPECTS EXTREME COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH AIRCRAFT PARKED OUTSIDE OVER NIGHT LEAD TO A FROZEN UP AND LOCKED SWITCH. NUMEROUS LANDING GEAR RETRACTION INSPECTIONS WERE PERFORMED AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED IN A WARM HANGAR WITH NO FAULTS INDICATED.
Other reports on N104GS · 10
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.