20260818009799I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Textron 700 · Akron, OH · August 18, 2026

Date: August 18, 2026 · 16:53 local
Place: Akron, OH
Airport: Akron Canton Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: DXTA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N803QS
Reported as: Textron 700
Reported engine: Honeywell AS907-2-1S
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N803QSRegistered now · Textron 700S/N 700-0026 · Built 2020 Airframe modelTextron 700 Engine modelHoneywell AS907-2-1STurbo-fan

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.

Nose gear failed to extend. During approach, the gear handle was lowered at/about 170 KIAS. Multiple eicas messages followed by unsafe nose gear indication (amber "barber poled" indication). Eicas messages cascaded in the following order: - gear door open - gear dsiagree n - gear control fault. Tower controller verified that nose landing gear appeared to be fully rectracted. Emer gear release handle pulled with no remedy (all indications remained). Mcc was contacted and alternate procedures attempted with remaining fuel. (G-loading, yawing, hyd system isolation, recycling emerg gear realease, (lastly, after discussing with mcc) landing gear handle was recycled. No remedy resulted. Due to low fuel remaining, landed with the nose gear retracted. Damage was limited to the nose gear doors, radome and radome bulkhead. Upon raising the aircraft maintenance found the doors out of sequence. The gear free fell as designed once the doors were sequenced properly.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. DURING APPROACH, THE GEAR HANDLE WAS LOWERED AT/ABOUT 170 KIAS. MULTIPLE EICAS MESSAGES FOLLOWED BY UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION (AMBER "BARBER POLED" INDICATION). EICAS MESSAGES CASCADED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER: - GEAR DOOR OPEN - GEAR DSIAGREE N - GEAR CONTROL FAULT. TOWER CONTROLLER VERIFIED THAT NOSE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE FULLY RECTRACTED. EMER GEAR RELEASE HANDLE PULLED WITH NO REMEDY (ALL INDICATIONS REMAINED). MCC WAS CONTACTED AND ALTERNATE PROCEDURES ATTEMPTED WITH REMAINING FUEL. (G-LOADING, YAWING, HYD SYSTEM ISOLATION, RECYCLING EMERG GEAR REALEASE, (LASTLY, AFTER DISCUSSING WITH MCC) LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS RECYCLED. NO REMEDY RESULTED. DUE TO LOW FUEL REMAINING, LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, RADOME AND RADOME BULKHEAD. UPON RAISING THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE FOUND THE DOORS OUT OF SEQUENCE. THE GEAR FREE FELL AS DESIGNED ONCE THE DOORS WERE SEQUENCED PROPERLY.