# Incident 20181109021639I: Textron Aviation Inc 680A, Wichita, KS, November 9, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2018, 16:53 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Na
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6500° N, 97.4330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NTL (ICT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6500&lon=-97.4330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N626LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N626LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 680A (registry code 2076814, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-680a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306D (registry code 52041, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw306d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 680A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW306D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 581 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181109021639I

## Narrative

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

DURING A VFR APPROACH TO RWY 01R AT KICT, THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN PRIOR TO THE BASE TURN. GEAR INDICATED THE MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, THE NOSE GEAR WITH AN AMBER MIS-COMPARE AND GEAR DISAGREE N, CAS MESSAGE. LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS CYCLED, WITH SAME RESULT. A LOW APPROACH WAS ACCOMPLISHED TO 01L. TOWER CONFIRMED THE AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION OF BOTH MAIN GEAR DOWN AND NOSE WHEEL IN THE UP POSITION. CREW FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE WEST PRACTICE AREA AND COMPLETED ALL APPROPRIATE CHECKLISTS. THE BLOW DOWN BOTTLE AND MECHANICAL UP-LOCK RELEASE WERE INEFFECTIVE. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH COMPANY ENGINEERING, MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY PERSONNEL TO WORK OTHER SOLUTIONS. A PFT CHASE AIRCRAFT JOINED  AND COMPLETED A VISUAL INSPECTION, CONFIRMED AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION. MULTIPLE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE G-MANEUVERS AND YAWING OF THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO BRING THE NOSE GEAR DOWN. TWO TOUCH AND GO 'BOUNCES' WERE ACCOMPLISHED IN ORDER TO JAR THE GEAR LOOSE. BOTH ATTEMPTS WERE INEFFECTIVE.

DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH BOTH MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE NOSE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. A VFR STRAIGHT-IN WAS FLOWN TO RWY 01L. CREW EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY EXIT HATCH WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N626LA (1)

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

- [Incident 20200307001459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200307001459I), Mar 7, 2020: Textron Aviation Inc 680A (N626LA), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. The aircraft struck the right wing tip on a fence post while taxiing to park. The PIC failed to maintain proper clearance due to taxiing on the wrong line.…

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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