# Incident 20260818009799I: Textron Aviation Inc 700, Akron, OH, August 18, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2026, 16:53 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron Canton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DXTA
- Location: 40.9151° N, 81.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON-CANTON RGNL (CAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9151&lon=-81.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N803QS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N803QS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 700 (registry code 2076819, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell AS907-2-1S (registry code 33403, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-as907-2-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 700
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL AS907-2-1S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260818009799I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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