# Incident 20031103031879I: Beech H18, Manhattan, KS, November 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2003, 17:47 local time
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Airport: Manhattan Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1414° N, 96.6716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANHATTAN RGNL (MHK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1414&lon=-96.6716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N170LG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N170LG-2022-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 30 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031103031879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT COMPLETED THE ILS RUNWAY 3 APPROACH AT MANHATTAN, KANSAS (MHK), UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE SPIN ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CONTACTOR.

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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