# Incident 20030916025589I: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, New Bedford, MA, September 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2003, 16:05 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: New Bedford Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6766° N, 70.9578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW BEDFORD RGNL (EWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6766&lon=-70.9578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411JS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N411JS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030916025589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 DURING APPROACH TO KEWB, WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION, THE LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE. GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ILLUMINATED BUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. A TOWER FLYBY WAS ACCOMPLISHED. TOWER PERSONNEL NOTIFIED HIM THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED DOWN. THE PILOT PERFORMED A SOFT FIELD LANDING. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, AND NOSE COWLINGS.

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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