# Incident 19990525033429I: Emb EMB120RT, Indianapolis, IN, May 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1999, 12:45 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: COMA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N247CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N247CA-2025-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118B (registry code 52131, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120RT
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990525033429I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 19950129005889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950129005889I), Jan 29, 1995: Emb EMB120RT (N247CA), Covington/Cinci, KY. Narrative: coma #4280, departed Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky international airport, Covington, Kentucky, 1000 local enroute to evansville, Indiana, after…

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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