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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 1900C · Springfield, IL · December 10, 1997

Date: December 10, 1997 · 19:51 local
Place: Springfield, IL
Airport: Capital Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: GLBA
Aircraft: N174GL
Reported as: Beech 1900C
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A65B
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,020 total930 in this make and model170 in the last 90 days

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 December 10, 1997, on an approach into lafayette, Indiana, the crew reported that the landing gear would not extend. The crew declared an emergency and diverted to Springfield, Illinois. The pilot manually extended the aircraft landing gear and landed at Springfield at 1951 CST without further incident. The aircraft sustained no damage and the two crew and eight passengers received no injuries. This incident is closed with this report. The landing gear motor 60 amp circuit breaker in the left nacelle was found to be tripped. The circuit breaker was replaced and the landing gear cycled five times per the maintenance manual. The aircraft was released to service.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 10, 1997, ON AN APPROACH INTO LAFAYETTE, INDIANA, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. THE PILOT MANUALLY EXTENDED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR AND LANDED AT SPRINGFIELD AT 1951 CST WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND THE TWO CREW AND EIGHT PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR 60 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER IN THE LEFT NACELLE WAS FOUND TO BE TRIPPED. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS REPLACED AND THE LANDING GEAR CYCLED FIVE TIMES PER THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE.