# Incident 20000531032109I: Beech 1900C, Tampa, FL, May 31, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GUUA
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N151GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N151GA-2008-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000531032109I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 31, 2000, AT 1500 EST, A BE-1900-C, N1515GA, OPERATED GULF STREAM INTERNATIONAL, WAS INBOUND TO TPA, LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED BUT WOULD NOT EXTEND. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO EXTEND THE GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS.  THE LANDING GEAR WAS MANUUALLY EXTENDED DOWN AND LOCKED AND A VISUAL CHECK OF THE GEAR WAS ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO LANDING.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE WAS SHORTED INTERNALLY.  LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE REMOVED AND REPLACED, SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK COMPLETED AND TEST FLIGHT PERFORMED.

## Other reports on N151GA (1)

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

- [Incident 20000803025469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000803025469I), Aug 3, 2000: Beech 1900C (N151GA), Tallahassee, FL. (-23)On August 3, 2000, at 1030 EST, BE-1900-C, N151GA operated by gulf stream international, the nose landing gear would not retract and nose landing gear…

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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