# Incident 20180101007499I: Socata TB21TC, Fargo, ND, January 1, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2018, 16:30 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425RT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N425RT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB21TC (registry code 8680699, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb21tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB21TC
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 186 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180101007499I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS.

PIC CHOSE TO LAND AIRCRAFT WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AFTER ATTEMPTS TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION FAILED.

FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE RELAY.

DAMAGE TO THE AICRAFT WAS MINOR.

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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