# Incident 20010302003539I: Beech 99, Kotzebue, AK, March 2, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2001, 19:29 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TN8C
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N199SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N199SD-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99 (registry code 1154002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010302003539I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PTRS NUMBER AL012001B1348 MR. SPISAK  SAID HE EXPERIENCED THE MALFUNCTION AT ABOUT 1800 WHEN ON 6 MILE FINAL FOR RUNWAY 26 AT OTZ AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.  MR. SPISAK SAID HE HEARD A FEW NOISES AND THE MOTOR START TO RUN BUT NO AERODYNAMIC CHANGES IN THE A/C AND THE LIGHT IN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS RED. HE THEN MADE A 360 TURN AND CONSULTED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND CHECKED THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER, BUT THE GEAR WOULD NOT GO DOWN. HE ATTEMPTED TO USE THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE, WHICH DID NOT WORK.  MR. SPISAK  SAID THAT HE MADE A COUPLE FLY-OVERS TO CHECK THE GEAR POSITION; THEY REPORTED THAT THE GEAR WAS BARELY DOWN. AFTER FLYING AROUND TO BURN OFF EXTRA FUEL,  MR. SPISAK  LANDED THE A/C ON RUNWAY 35 WITH THE LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. HE REPORTED THE LANDING AS BEING UNEVENTFUL.

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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