# Incident 20010307004739I: Beech B200, Des Moines, IA, March 7, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1925P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010307004739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTURE OUT OF PELLA, IOWA, DURING CLIMB OUT PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP. PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LIGHT INDICATED UNSAFE. CO-PILOT COULD VISUALLY SEE THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN.PERFORMED ABNORMAL CHECK LIST. DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH DSM ATCT. RADIOED ELLIOTT AVIATION IN DSM AND DISCUSSED PROBLEM. USED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION TO TRY TO PUT EXTRA PRESSURE ON LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. FLEW A/C TO CONSUME AND TRANSFER FUEL FROM RIGHT WING TO LEFT WING FOR PREPARATION OF EMERGENCY LANDING. LANDED AT DSM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. NOTE: MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACCUATOR FAILED. M OR D REPORT TO FOLLOW.

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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