# Incident 20060209010299I: Boeing 717200, Minneapolis, MN, February 9, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2006, 08:35 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N996AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N996AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 717-200 (registry code 1383700, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-717-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: BMW Rolls BR-700 series (registry code 09500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bmw-rolls-br-700-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717200
- People aboard: 122
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 2,748 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060209010299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRTRAN AIRWAYS FLT 851 DEPARTED FROM MSP AT 1330Z HOURS ENROUTE TO ATL AND EXPERIENCED A LEFT GEAR DOOR UNSAFE ALERT AND A RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. THE CAPTAIN CHECKED THE QRH AND FOLLOWED PROCEDURES FOR A GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. CAPTAIN DECIDED TO RETURN TO MSP AFTER CONSULTING WITH THEIR DISPATCH AND MAINTENANCE CONTROL. MSP TOWER WAS CONTACTED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MSP WHERE IT MADE SAFE LANDING. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. INSPETION OF LEFT MAIN GEAR REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LOCKING PIN WAS STILL INSTALLED. AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION WAS NOT REQUIRED, AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED ALL PAPERWORK WAS REACCOMPLISHED AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR ATL AGAIN. NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. END. NOTE: FSDO INSPECTOR NOTIFICATION OCCURRED AFTER AIRCRAFT HAD ALREADY DEPARTED MSP.

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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