# Incident 20000217003499I: Cessna 340A, Middletown, PA, February 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2000, 12:14 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- 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: N114XJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N114XJ-2006-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Fairchild 340A (registry code 7850100, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-fairchild-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000217003499I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 17, 2000, AT 1214 HOURS (LOCAL TIME) A SAAB-340-B, N114XJ, REGISTERED TO WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY TRUSTEE, ON APPROACH TO HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MDT) THE CAPTAIN PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND THE GEAR LIGHT ON THE RIGHT GEAR DID NOT LIGHT. THE CAPTAIN FOLLOWED ALL PROCEDURES IN THE MANUAL AND DONE A FLY-BY OF THE TOWER TO CONFURM THE GEAR WAS DOWN.  THE TOWER SAID ALL GEARS WERE DOWN, BUT THEY COULDN'T TELL IF THEY WERE LOCKED.  THE CAPTAIN FOUND A CIRCUIT BRAKER HAD POPPED.  THE BREAKER WAS RESET.  THE LIGHT ON THE RIGHT GEAR CAME ON AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO DAMAGE AND THE FLIGHT CREW AND PASSENGERS ESCAPED INJURIES. VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  AN M&D REPORT WILL FOLLOW.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N114XJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19990606013869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990606013869I), Jun 6, 1999: Saab SF340A (N114XJ), Rochester, NY. On Sunday June 6, 1999 at 1158 local during approach to Rochester international airport, the pilot experienced a loss of hydraulic fluid and main accumulator…

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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