# Incident 20040426005879I: Beech 1900C, Seattle, WA, April 26, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2004, 18:15 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field-King County International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31703, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31703) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B (registry code 52115, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040426005879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 26, 2004 AMERIFLIGHT FLIGHT 1988, A BE-1900-C AIRCRAFT WITH CAPTAIN LUIS A. SELANIKIO AS PILOT IN COMMAND DEPARTED WALLA WALLA, WA (ALW) WITH SCHEDULED STOPS AT KENNEWICK, WA (S98) AND BOEING FIELD, WA (BFT). ON THE APPROACH FOR LANDING AT S98 WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, CAPTAIN SELANIKIO NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO GREEN LIGHTS, INDICATING THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. CAPTAIN SELANIKIO STATED THAT AFTER VERIFYING THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE PROPERLY SET, HE RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR WITHOUT SUCCESS PRIOR TO EXECUTING THE LANDING GEAR MANUAL EXTENSION CHECKLIST CAPTAIN SELANIKIO STATED THAT HE CONSULTED WITH AMERIFLIGHT MANAGEMENT AND IT WAS DECIDED TO PASS S98 AND CONTINUE ON TO BFI. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED ON THE APPROACH FOR LANDING AT BFI, CAPTAIN SELANIKIO STATED AGAIN THERE WERE NO GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. CAPTAIN SELANIKIO DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH FAA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY PER THE PILOTS ABNORMAL PROCEDURES LANDING GEAR MANUAL EXTENSION CHECK LIST. CAPTAIN SELANIKIO THEN MADE A LOW PASS NEAR THE CONTROL TOWER FOR A VISUAL CONFIRMATION THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE EXTENDED. AMERIFLIGHT 1988 THEN LANDED AT BFI WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N31703 (2)

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

- [Incident 19920514018729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920514018729I), May 14, 1992: Beech 1900C (N31703), Altoona, PA. Smoke from fuel panel on climb. Turned standby pump off. Returned. Left boost pump circuit breaker was corroded.
- [Incident 19910208005849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910208005849I), Feb 8, 1991: Beech 1900C (N31703), Groton - New Lo, CT. Left engine fire warning in flight. Shut down and returned. No fire. Had faulty fire loop.

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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