# Incident 19990821024839I: Cessna 402B, Middletown, PA, August 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1999, 19:30 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BPYA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8091Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8091Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 800 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990821024839I

## Narrative

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

THIS FLIGHT DEPARTED BURLINGTON, VERMONT (BTV) AIRPORT AS AN ON DEMAND FAR PART 135 FLIGHT WITH ONE PASSENGER. WHILE ON APPROACH TO HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, MIDDLETOWN AIRPORT (MDT), THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR AND NO "SAFE" INDICATION WAS NOTED. THE PILOT CALLED HIS MAINTENANCE BASE AND DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH HIS MAINTENANCE AND IT WAS DECIDED TO "FLY-BY" THE TOWER TO ASCERTAIN IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE PILOT CALLED FOR THE CRASH/FIRE/RESCUE (CFR) AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND A FAULTY GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH AND BRACKET WAS FOUND. THESE ITEMS WERE REPLACED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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