# Incident 20020423008349I: Beech 1900D, April 23, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2002, 17:45 local time
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMWA
- Aircraft: N144ZV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N144ZV-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020423008349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 23, 2002, AT 17:45 LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT N144ZV'S LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT COME UP WITH THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION. PILOTS NOTICED HALFWAY INTO FLIGHT, THAT THEY HAD THREE GREEN INDICATIONS FOR THE LANDING GEAR. THE CREW TROUBLESHOT THE GEAR PROBLEM; CALLED ORF OPERATIONS, AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO MAINTENANCE. PILOTS DID A FLY BY AT ORF, FOR THE TOWER TO CONFIRM GEAR POSITION, ALL GEARS WERE DOWN. THE PILOTS LANDED AT ORF, WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLES DISPATCHED, WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. MAINTENANCE FOR AIR MIDWEST REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE, AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. A MRR WAS FILLED OUT FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION.

## Other reports on N144ZV (2)

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

- [Accident 20051016025159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051016025159A), Oct 16, 2005: Beech 1900D (N144ZV), Ogdensburg, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) During takeoff roll from ogs to mss, at approximately 80 KTS, aircraft struck wildlife approximately 1000 feet down the runway. The impact of the animal…
- [Incident 20021122031549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021122031549I), Nov 22, 2002: Beech 1900D (N144ZV), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Air midwest #5533, BE-1900, struck wingtip of a N60MJ, colgan air (nsva), a parked BE-1900 breaking the strobe light lens on both aircraft. Amwa 5533 was…

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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