# Incident 19971204043979I: Beech 200BEECH, Springfield, IL, December 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1997, 09:50 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N981LL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,400 total, 4,400 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971204043979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 4, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 0950 CST, DURING THE APPROACH TO CAPITAL AIRPORT, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. THE CREW MADE A FLYBY OF THE TOWER TO CHECK THE GEAR POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE FULLY DOWN AND THE CREW LANDED AT 0955 CST, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE TWO CREW MEMBERS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. AN INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AFTER THE LANDING REVEALED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ACTUATOR PIVOT POINT AT THE LOCKING MECHANISM WAS NOT PROPERLY LUBRICATED AND HAD CORRODED AND FROZEN, RESTRICTING THE DOWN LOCK AND PREVENTED THE LOCK FROM OPERATING PROPERLY. CORRODED PARTS WERE REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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