# Incident 20070909824879I: Beech 200BEECH, Sitka, AK, September 9, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2007, 10:00 local time
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Airport: Sitka Rocky Gutierrez
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: G1IA
- Location: 57.0468° N, 135.3611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SITKA ROCKY GUTIERREZ (SIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.0468&lon=-135.3611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983C-2019-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070909824879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N983C WAS ON APPROACH TO SITKA WHEN THEY NOTICED A GEAR UNSAFE WARNING LIGHT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOTS EXECUTED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE, BUT THE NOSE GEAR STILL FAILED TO LOWER. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON ITS MAIN TIRES AND NOSE AREA, CAUSING THE PROPS TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY, AND OTHER MINOR SCRAPED METAL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR HAD FAILED, PREVENTING THE NOSE GEAR FROM EXTENDING BY EITHER NORMAL OR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.

## Other reports on N983C (1)

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

- [Incident 20120913020319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120913020319I), Sep 13, 2012: Beech 200 (N983C), Sitka, AK, No damage. On approach, approximately 11 miles from the Sitka airport (pasi) the pilot detected a slight odor of something burning then noticed smoke. The pilot then…

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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