# Incident 20031015026689I: Beech 1900D, Orlando, FL, October 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2003, 05:45 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 28.4294° N, 81.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO INTL (MCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4294&lon=-81.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N173YV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N173YV-2011-12-22) (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: 5,500 total, 2,700 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031015026689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 15, 2003, AIRCRAFT N173YV, FLIGHT 5543 WHILE ENROUTE FROM VSP TO MCO (ON APPROACH) THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND THEN PERFORMED A LANDING GEAR MANUAL EXTENSION BY HAND PUMPING THE GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND THE PASSENGER WAS DEPLANED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY. AIR MIDWEST MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED A316 PCB TIME DELAY RELAY FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION.

## Other reports on N173YV (3)

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

- [Incident 20031201031359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031201031359I), Dec 1, 2003: Beech 1900D (N173YV), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) Flt #5501: (jhw-pit) on final approach to pit airport, the main landing gear failed to extend. Crew had to use manual extension to extend gear. Obtained…
- [Incident 20031113028689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031113028689I), Nov 13, 2003: Beech 1900D (N173YV), Raleigh-Durham, NC. (-23) The crew reported the MLG failed to extend on approach to land at krdu. They manually extended the gear and obtained 3 green "down and locked"…
- [Incident 20021130034619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021130034619I), Nov 30, 2002: Beech 1900D (N173YV), Wichita, MO. (-23) On November 11, 2002, at 10:30 local time, aircraft N173YV enroute from hys to mci flight 8716, the main landing gear failed to extend upon landing. The…

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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