# Incident 19990223015699I: Cessna 414, Springfield, IL, February 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1999, 09:00 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- 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: N515FV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N515FV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,560 total, 3,166 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990223015699I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 CST, WHILE ON AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 4 AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, CAPITAL AIRPORT, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF CESSNA 414, N515FV, MR. RONNIE J. HORWEDEL, SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN AND FAILED TO GET THE CORRECT COCKPIT INDICATIONS. A MISSED APPROACH WAS MADE AND THE PILOT TRIED TO REPLACE THE INDICATOR BULB. DURING THE BULB REPLACEMENT SOMETHING SHORTED OUT THE INDICATOR LIGHT CIRCUIT AND TRIPPED THE INSTRUMENT LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER. MR. HORWEDEL EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM AND MADE ANOTHER APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DEPLANED WITHOUT INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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