19980521025009I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 65A80 · Bemidji, MN · May 21, 1998

Date: May 21, 1998 · 11:15 local
Place: Bemidji, MN
Airport: Bemidji-Beltrami County
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: BEMA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N95LL
Reported as: Beech 65A80
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,130 total130 in this make and model145 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

At lse unable extend left main. Diverted to bji left main still unsafe. (-5)Ms. Brandstetter was conducting a FAR 135 air carrier cargo flight out of minneapolis, MN, enroute to lacrosse, WI. Upon arrival at lse, she selected gear down. The left gear indicator indicated an unsafe gear condition and she aborted the approcah. Multiple attempts to lower the gear normal ly and manually failed and the lse tower confirmed that the left main gear was not down. Ms. Brandstetter did not declare an emergency and proceeded to the air carrier's main operations base in Bemidji, MN. She landed on runway 07 with the right main and nose gear indicating normal and the left main unsafe. The aircraft sustained minor damage and pilot was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

AT LSE UNABLE EXTEND LEFT MAIN. DIVERTED TO BJI LEFT MAIN STILL UNSAFE. (-5)MS. BRANDSTETTER WAS CONDUCTING A FAR 135 AIR CARRIER CARGO FLIGHT OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS, MN, ENROUTE TO LACROSSE, WI. UPON ARRIVAL AT LSE, SHE SELECTED GEAR DOWN. THE LEFT GEAR INDICATOR INDICATED AN UNSAFE GEAR CONDITION AND SHE ABORTED THE APPROCAH. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR NORMAL LY AND MANUALLY FAILED AND THE LSE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. MS. BRANDSTETTER DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED TO THE AIR CARRIER'S MAIN OPERATIONS BASE IN BEMIDJI, MN. SHE LANDED ON RUNWAY 07 WITH THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR INDICATING NORMAL AND THE LEFT MAIN UNSAFE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND PILOT WAS UNINJURED.