19970125008789I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech B200 · Little Rock, AR · January 25, 1997

Date: January 25, 1997 · 16:30 local
Place: Little Rock, AR
Airport: Adams Field
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N77HD
Reported as: Beech B200
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,600 total1,500 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

N77HDRegistered now · Beech B200S/N BB-1397 · Built 1991 Airframe modelBeech B200 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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 approach to runway 18 at lit, the pilot put the gear handle down. About 15 seconds later the pilot noticed he did not have three green gear down lights. At that very same time the tower advised him he did not have his gear down. The pilot made a couple more attempts to lower the gear but failed. The aircraft made a go-around. The pilot manually pumped the gear down and landed without incident. Maintenance personnel found a bad gear selector switch. M or d submitted.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 18 AT LIT, THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN. ABOUT 15 SECONDS LATER THE PILOT NOTICED HE DID NOT HAVE THREE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHTS. AT THAT VERY SAME TIME THE TOWER ADVISED HIM HE DID NOT HAVE HIS GEAR DOWN. THE PILOT MADE A COUPLE MORE ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR BUT FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT MANUALLY PUMPED THE GEAR DOWN AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND A BAD GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH. M OR D SUBMITTED.