# Incident 20210307000279I: Embraer EMB-120ER, Ypsilanti, MI, March 7, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2021, 00:05 local time
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HKGA
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N233SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N233SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-120ER
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW118
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,734 total, 3,093 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210307000279I

## Narrative

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

CREW EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE EMERGENCY BUS 2, ON CLIMB OUT. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO AIRFIELD.  CREW PERFORMED EAP-30, "EMERGENCY BUS OFF LIGHT" PROCEDURE FROM QRH WHICH THEY INTERPRETED AS "LAND AS SOON AS PRACTICAL." UPON FINAL, CREW EXPERIENCED ABNORMAL GEAR INDICATION. ONLY SYSTEM "B" AVAILABLE AND INDICATED GEAR UNSAFE CONDITION "RED".  CREW REQUESTED 2 PASSES FOR TOWER TO EVALUATE GEAR CONDITION. TOWER COULD NOT CONFIRM AND STATED THEY THINK GEAR APPEARS DOWN. UPON TOUCHDOWN GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND AIRCRAFT PROPELLER BLADES AND AIRCRAFT UNDERCARRIAGE IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AND BEGAN A SKID TO A STOP IN THE GRASS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. CREW SHUTDOWN AIRCRAFT AND EGRESSED WITH NO INJURIES. CREW DID NOT PERFORM MANUAL GEAR DEPLOYMENT.

## Other reports on N233SW (2)

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

- [Incident 20201112021999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201112021999I), Nov 12, 2020: Embraer EMB-120ER (N233SW), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Aircraft was on 3 mile final into okc. Struck bird(s) but landed with no incident and emergency was not declared. Damage reported to radome and other fuselage…
- [Accident 20180920016379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180920016379A), Sep 20, 2018: Embraer EMB-120ER (N233SW), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft with four containers of cargo departed Houston airport (kshv) enroute to Mexico airport (mmqt). Just outside of Houston, Texas the aircraft…

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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