# Incident 20000427022849I: Beech 200BEECH, Fargo, ND, April 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2000, 11:00 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CTUA
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N553R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 90 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000427022849I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 27, 2000 AT 1100 CDT, A BEECHCRAFT SUPER KING AIR, OPERATED BY WEATHER MODIFICATION, INC. WAS INBOUND FOR LANDING TO THE DETROIT LAKES AIRPORT, DETROIT LAKES, MN. THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN.  GEAR DID NOT EXTEND PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PUMPING GEAR DOWN.  PILOT DIVERTED TO FARGO ND.  HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE A SAFE LANDING RESULTED.  MAITENANCE FOUND LOOSE RELAY IN THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR RELAY BOX, TIGHTENED THE RELAY AND OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD.  M OR D FILED.

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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