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Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB120RT · Springfield, IL · June 4, 1996

Date: June 4, 1996 · 11:03 local
Place: Springfield, IL
Airport: Capital Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: GLBA
Aircraft: N451UE
Reported as: EMB EMB120RT
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PW118
People aboard: 17
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,900 total875 in this make and model150 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: on 06-04-96, during a scheduled commuter flight from chicago, IL to burlington, IA the right main landing gear failed to show a safe indication on the approach. The landing gear was cycled several times with the same results. The flight was diverted to Springfield, IL where a landing was made without further incident. The flight was on an instrument flight plan and there were no injuries to the three (3) crew and fourteen (14) passengers. This incident is closed. Maintenance personnel found the proximity switch on the right-hand main landing gear to be inoperable. This switch was replaced and the aircraft returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 06-04-96, DURING A SCHEDULED COMMUTER FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO, IL TO BURLINGTON, IA THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO SHOW A SAFE INDICATION ON THE APPROACH. THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO SPRINGFIELD, IL WHERE A LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE THREE (3) CREW AND FOURTEEN (14) PASSENGERS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE PROXIMITY SWITCH ON THE RIGHT-HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR TO BE INOPERABLE. THIS SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.