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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 200BEECH · Springfield, IL · February 9, 1996

Date: February 9, 1996 · 18:37 local
Place: Springfield, IL
Airport: Capital Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N971LL
Reported as: Beech 200BEECH
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,627 total3,967 in this make and model113 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.

Narrative: nose gear down lock switch failed, allowing gear handle light to remain on. Maintenance personnel replaced the switch and operational checks indicated system to be functioning properly. Aircraft returned to service. On 02-09-96, on an IFR flight from Springfield, IL to dixon, IL, the nose gear down indication light failed to illuminate during the approach to dixon. Also, the red light in the gear handle failed to go out. After cycling the gear, the green down light came on. However, the gear handle light did not go out. The crew elected to return to Springfield. An emergency was declared to the Springfield ATCT. A landing was made without incident. The Illinois state governor was a passenger on this flight. This incident is closed

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK SWITCH FAILED, ALLOWING GEAR HANDLE LIGHT TO REMAIN ON. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED THE SWITCH AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS INDICATED SYSTEM TO BE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. ON 02-09-96, ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM SPRINGFIELD, IL TO DIXON, IL, THE NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATION LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE DURING THE APPROACH TO DIXON. ALSO, THE RED LIGHT IN THE GEAR HANDLE FAILED TO GO OUT. AFTER CYCLING THE GEAR, THE GREEN DOWN LIGHT CAME ON. HOWEVER, THE GEAR HANDLE LIGHT DID NOT GO OUT. THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO SPRINGFIELD. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED TO THE SPRINGFIELD ATCT. A LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ILLINOIS STATE GOVERNOR WAS A PASSENGER ON THIS FLIGHT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED