# Incident 19960517013299I: Beech A100, Burlington, VT, May 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1996, 10:31 local time
- Place: Burlington, VT
- Airport: Burlington International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IGXA
- Location: 44.4924° N, 73.2395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4924&lon=-73.2395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100GV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A100
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A28
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960517013299I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: THE FLIGHT WAS A REPOSITION (FAR PART 91) FLIGHT FROM BTV TO MVL. AFTER MAKING AN ADF APPROACH TO MVL THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. NO GREEN LIGHTS WERE OBSERVED AND THE RED LIGHT IN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS ON. THE CREW CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. THE CREW THEN BEGAN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE FOR EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. DURING THE PROCESS OF ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE GEAR USING THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE, IT APPEARED THAT THE HANDLE WAS STUCK. THE CREW DECIDED TO RETURN TO BTV AND MAKE A TOWER PASS TO ALLOW FOR A VISUAL INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR POSITION BY FAA TOWER PERSONNEL. THE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN BUT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE UP STILL. THE CREW THEN REMOVED THE FLOOR BOARDS ABOVE THE GEAR MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION. THE CREW INSPECTED THE MOTOR AREA AND IT APPEARED THAT SOMETHING MECHANICAL HAD SEIZED. AFTER CONFERRING WITH COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, WHO HAD CONFERRED WITH BEECHCRAFT MANUFACTURING PERSONNEL, THE CREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO APPLY HARD PRESSURE ON THE PUMP HANDLE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE GEAR TO PARTIALLY EXTEND BEFORE THE RATCHETING MECHANISM BROKE. AT THAT POINT, THE CREW HAD NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO MAKE A GEAR -UP LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED SUCCESSFULLY WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS, ENGINE COWLINGS, AND FLAPS. THE GEAR MOTOR IS SUSPECTED TO HAVE FAILED INTERNALLY AND FOLLOW-UP ACTION IS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE COMPANY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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