# Incident 20001019031699I: Jetair JETSTM4101, Springfield, IL, October 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2000, 08:45 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- 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: N565HK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: JETAIR JETSTM4101
- People aboard: 25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,350 total, 4,800 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001019031699I

## Narrative

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

(-23)FLIGHT 7325 DEPARTED BMI APPROXIMATELY 839 AM ENROUTE STL. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE, WHILE LEVEL AT 5000 FEET AWAITING CLIMB CLEARANCE TO FINAL ALTITUDE OF 9000 FEET, CREW HEARD A NOISE  FOLLOWED BY A VIBRATION.  CLEARANCE WAS THE RECEIVED FOR CLIMB TO 9000 FEET SO CREW REDUCED AIRSPEED AND INITIATED CLIMB.  THE PIC HAD THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT CHECK THE AFT POSTION OF THE  AIRCRAFT TO TRY AND ISOLATE WHERE THE PROBLEM EXISTED BUT IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.  CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO SPI.  ON APPROACH TO SPI, CREW LOWERED GEAR BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION.  A FLY BY OF THE TOWER CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR NOT DOWN.  AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED TO AN AREA WHERE TROUBLESHOOTING COULD TAKE PLACE.  AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, THE CREW PERFORMED A HIGH G PULL UP WHEREUPON THE NOSE GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED.  AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING FOLLOWED AT 938.  GEAR SYSTEM WAS PINNED.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED 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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