# Incident 19980521025009I: Beech 65A80, Bemidji, MN, May 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1998, 11:15 local time
- Place: Bemidji, MN
- Airport: Bemidji-Beltrami County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BEMA
- Location: 47.4870° N, 94.8827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bemidji, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4870&lon=-94.8827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95LL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A80
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,130 total, 130 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980521025009I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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