# Incident 20031031028679I: Beech 1900D, Lewisburg, WV, October 31, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2003, 12:05 local time
- Place: Lewisburg, WV
- Airport: Greenbrier Valley
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 37.8583° N, 80.3995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENBRIER VALLEY (LWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8583&lon=-80.3995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N167YV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N167YV-2011-09-22) (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: 5,676 total, 2,986 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031031028679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKE OFF FROM KLWB, THE CREW COULD NOT GET THE MLG TO RETRACT. SEVERAL TIMES THE GEAR RETRACTION WAS SELECTED BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS. BREAKERS WERE CHECKED AND ALL APPEARED NORMAL. A DECISION WAS MADE AND DISPATCH WAS CALLED FOR A RETURN TO THE FIELD. A GEAR EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. THE PASSENGERS WERE SAFELY DEPLANED. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE R/H MLG DOWN LOCK/SQUAT SWITCH ASSEMBLY. THE SWITCHES WERE RIGGED IAW RAYTHEON MM 32-60-05 & 32-60-01. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE NORMAL ON GEAR SWING. A RII SIGNATURE WAS OBTAINED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N167YV (1)

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

- [Incident 20011202033869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011202033869I), Dec 2, 2001: Beech 1900D (N167YV), Tampa, FL. (-23) On the 02, dec 2001, at 17:15 local time the left engine of aircraft N137YV made a loud noise; lost power and then regained power. Within one minute 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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