# Incident 20040129002389I: Emb EMB110P1, Pontiac, MI, January 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2004, 17:52 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BUHA
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-110P1 (registry code 3260122, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-110p1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB110P1
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 272 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040129002389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED FROM PTK AT AROUND 17:00 ON 1/29/2004 TO GO TO DET AND PICK UP A LOAD OF FREIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PARKED OUTSIDE FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE TRIP IN FRIGID WEATHER. THE TRIP TO DET WAS UNEVENTFUL, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED WITH THE FREIGHT AND THEN DEPARTED DET, BOUND FOR AKRON-CANTON OH. AFTER DEPARTURE FROM DET, THE PILOT SELECTED "GEAR UP" AND THE GEAR WOULD NOT COME UP. THIS WAS REPEATED 2 MORE TIMES WIT THE SAME RESULTS. THE PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT BACK TO PTK, SELECTED "GEAR DOWN" AND LANDED AT PTK. DURING ROLLOUT, BOTH MAIN GEAR SLOWLY RETRACTED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE FLAPS, NOSE GEAR, AND TAIL.

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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