# Incident 20080728847769I: Beech 200BEECH, Indianapolis, IN, July 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2008, 17:55 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VGRA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44US, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44US) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-41 (registry code 61541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,050 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080728847769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATION WAS OBSERVED. PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) PERFORMED A FLY-BY AT EYE AIRPORT. NOSE GEAR OBSERVED TO NOT BE EXTENDED COMPLETELY. PIC ELECTED TO LAND AT IND. EMERGENCY DECLARED. UPON LANDING NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N44US (1)

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

- [Incident 19820323012549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820323012549I), Mar 23, 1982: Beech 200BEECH (N44US), Philadelphia, PA. Smoke in cockpit. Cause of smoke in cockpit was vent blower motor overheat.

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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