19990525033429I

Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB120RT · Indianapolis, IN · May 25, 1999

Date
May 25, 1999 · 12:45 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
COMA
Aircraft
N247CA
Reported as
EMB EMB120RT

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.

(-23) When the landing gear was selected to the down position no indication of the gear being or down was indicated. The landing was aborted and the flight orbited the airport. Cvg maint. Was contacted and the landing gear was lowered by the free fall method. An emergency was declared, the aircraft did a flyby of the tower. The aircraft landed without incident. R & r left main landing gear down lock 'a' proximity sensor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION NO INDICATION OF THE GEAR BEING OR DOWN WAS INDICATED. THE LANDING WAS ABORTED AND THE FLIGHT ORBITED THE AIRPORT. CVG MAINT. WAS CONTACTED AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED BY THE FREE FALL METHOD. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, THE AIRCRAFT DID A FLYBY OF THE TOWER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. R & R LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK 'A' PROXIMITY SENSOR.

Other reports on N247CA · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.