# Incident 20000328022199I: Cessna 337H, Springfield, IL, March 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2000, 15:46 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N1244S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1244S-2015-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337H (registry code 2075732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337H
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000328022199I

## Narrative

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

(-23)N1244S, A CE-337, ENROUTE FORM KPIS TO KSPI IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, WAS BEING VECTORED BY THE SPRINGFIELD ATC FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT KSPI. UPON PLACING THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN A GREEN LIGHT INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT VERIFYING THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD EXTENDED.  THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE SPRINGFIELD ATC AND ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO CIRCLE THE AIRCRAFT WHILE HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY, AS PER THE AIRCRAFT CHECKLIST .  THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED, AS VERIFIED BY VISUAL INSPECTION, AND THE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT IN THE COCKPIT, AND THE PILOT-IN-COMMANF CONTINUED HIS LANDING APPROACH.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THIS INCIDENT IS BEING COLSED 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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