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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Fairchild SA227-AC · Laredo, TX · August 23, 2013

Date
August 23, 2013 · 09:00 local
Place
Laredo, TX
Airport
Laredo International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
K51A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N746KA
Reported as
Fairchild SA227-AC
Reported engine
Honeywell TPE331-11U
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,297 total153 in this make and model121 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot of a metro 227 declared an emergency when the right main landing gear would not extend. The control tower confirmed the right gear up. Attempts were made to extend the gear using the emergency procedures but were unsuccessful. The pilot elected to land with all gear in the up position.

There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT OF A METRO 227 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE CONTROL TOWER CONFIRMED THE RIGHT GEAR UP. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO EXTEND THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH ALL GEAR IN THE UP POSITION.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES.