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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Middletown, PA · September 10, 1996

Date: September 10, 1996 · 10:52 local
Place: Middletown, PA
Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N1232K
Reported as: Cessna 340A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,100 total60 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N1232KRegistered now · Cessna 340AS/N 340A1815 · Built 1984 Airframe modelCessna 340A Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: at 0905 hours on 09-10-96, aircraft N1232K, a Cessna 340A, departed pittsburgh, PA (pit) on an IFR flight to york, PA (thv). During approach to york airport (thv) landing gear selected down, pilot did not have green light for right maingear. Pilot elected to divert to Harrisburg international airport (MDT). Pilot landed runway 31 at MDT without incident. The commercial pilot and passengers were not injured. Right main gear light illuminated at touchdown. Right main gear switch was replaced and satisfactory gear cycle performed. FAA form 8010-4, malfunction and defect report, submitted. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AT 0905 HOURS ON 09-10-96, AIRCRAFT N1232K, A CESSNA 340A, DEPARTED PITTSBURGH, PA (PIT) ON AN IFR FLIGHT TO YORK, PA (THV). DURING APPROACH TO YORK AIRPORT (THV) LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN, PILOT DID NOT HAVE GREEN LIGHT FOR RIGHT MAINGEAR. PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MDT). PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 31 AT MDT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. RIGHT MAIN GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT TOUCHDOWN. RIGHT MAIN GEAR SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND SATISFACTORY GEAR CYCLE PERFORMED. FAA FORM 8010-4, MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT, SUBMITTED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.