# NTSB DEN88IA207: Beech 1900, N32017, Denver, CO, September 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: September 16, 1988, 18:20 local (Sep 17, 1988, 00:20 UTC)
- Place: Denver, CO
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17397
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88IA207
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17397/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88IA207

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, descent - normal
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - jammed (cause)
  - fluid,hydraulic - contamination (cause)
- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear retraction - performed
  - wheels up landing - intentional

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N32017](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32017-2005-03-15), registration cancelled 2005-03-15, S/N UC-37, built 1988 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900
- Registry model: [Beech 1900C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (registry code 1154161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52032, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: UC-37
- Airframe hours: 141
- Engines: P&W PT6A-65B 1100 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Rocky Mountain Airways, doing business as Continental Express
- Registered owner: Continental Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, September 15, 1988, 6 hours before
- Departed: DEN
- Destination: LBF, NORTH PLATTE, NE
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: DEN, Stapleton  Int'L, runway 35, 12,000 × 200 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 6,300 total, 75 in this make and model, 5,800 as pilot in command, 145 in the last 90 days, 88 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DEN

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19880916049919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880916049919I), Sep 16, 1988: Beech 1900C, Denver, CO, Minor damage. Unsafe gear down light. Landed gear up. Hydraulic actuator fouled by plastic pieces introduced at factory assembly.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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