# Incident 19970715027329I: Saab SF340A, Indianapolis, IN, July 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,850 total, 3,975 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970715027329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 07-15-97 DURING A POSITIONING FLIGHT N360 CA'S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED PARTIALLY AND JAMMED. ATTEMPTS TO RAISE OR LOWER THE GEAR DID NOT FREE THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. ALL OTHER GEAR WORKED NORMALLY. ON FINAL APPROACH WHEN THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED TO 35 DEGREES THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED DOWN. A NORMAL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND EQUIPMENT (FIRE & RESCUE) WAS PRESENT.

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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