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Incident

FAA incident report · Mtsbsi MU-300 · Rochester, NY · May 6, 1997

Date
May 6, 1997 · 10:20 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Greater Rochester Internationa
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BUEA
Aircraft
N88ME
Reported as
Mtsbsi MU300
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0

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 may 6, 1997, at approximately 1020 EDT, a MU-300, N88ME, operated by aerodynamics, inc., had an unsafe landing gear warning on approach to Rochester, NY. An emergency checklist was accomplished resulting in a gear safe indication (gear down and locked). The aircraft landed without further incident. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an IFR flight plan was filed. There was no damage to the aircraft or injuries to personnel. The aircraft was towed to the U.S. Airports hangar where jet aviation maintenance personnel serviced the emergency gear nitrogen and signed off the logbook as safe for flight. The aircraft was ferried, flying gear down, back to pontiac, Michigan. ADI repair shop in waterford, mi found a broken release cable at the left main gear door. The cable was replaced and the aircraft was returned to service on may 7, 1997. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 6, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1020 EDT, A MU-300, N88ME, OPERATED BY AERODYNAMICS, INC., HAD AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR WARNING ON APPROACH TO ROCHESTER, NY. AN EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS ACCOMPLISHED RESULTING IN A GEAR SAFE INDICATION (GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO PERSONNEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE U.S. AIRPORTS HANGAR WHERE JET AVIATION MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL SERVICED THE EMERGENCY GEAR NITROGEN AND SIGNED OFF THE LOGBOOK AS SAFE FOR FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED, FLYING GEAR DOWN, BACK TO PONTIAC, MICHIGAN. ADI REPAIR SHOP IN WATERFORD, MI FOUND A BROKEN RELEASE CABLE AT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR. THE CABLE WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON MAY 7, 1997. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.