# Incident 19960910031609I: Cessna 340A, Middletown, PA, September 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1996, 10:52 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1232K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1232K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 60 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960910031609I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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