# Incident 20020211006849I: Cessna 340A, Springfield, IL, February 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2002, 08:43 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N6871Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6871Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,684 total, 1,204 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020211006849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH INTO KSPI, THE PILOT DID NOT GET A GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT FOR THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE POH PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THE PILOT DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED BY A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A WIRE WAS BROKEN AT THE LEFT GEAR SWITCH. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED THE BROKEN WIRE AND PERFORMED A GEAR RETRACTION TEST WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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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