# Incident 20091208052099I: Bombardier CL600-2D24, Omaha, NE, December 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2009, 07:10 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N906XJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N906XJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2D24 (registry code 1390016, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2d24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8C5 (registry code 30050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER CL600-2D24
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8C5
- People aboard: 30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091208052099I

## Narrative

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

N906XJ, CL-600-2D24, OPERATED BY MESABA AIRLINES AS NORTHWEST AIRLINK FLIGHT 3574 DEPARTED OMAHA, NE, ENROUTE TO MEMPHIS, TN.  THE AIRPLANE RETURNED TO OMAHA DUE TO A GEAR WARNING LIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF.THE CREW REPORTED THAT THEY RECEIVED A GEAR DISAGREE INDICATION UPON GEAR RETRACTION ALONG WITH A NOSE WHEEL STEERING DISCONNECT INDICATION.  MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE NOSEWHEEL STEERING MESSAGE NO LONGER WAS DISPLAYED AND DID NOT APPEAR IN THE FAULT HISTORY.  THE GEAR WAS MEL'D PER MEL 32-30-1A AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO A COMPANY MAINTENANCE BASE.COMPANY MECHANICS CHANGED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.