# NTSB Accident DCA12FA058
> **BOMBARDIER INC DHC-8-402** · 2012-04-07 · Houston, TX, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DCA12FA058
- **Event ID:** 20120409X05702
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-04-07
- **Location:** Houston, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.9775, -95.333335
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 35
- **Total aboard:** 35
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BOMBARDIER INC
- **Model:** DHC-8-402
- **Registration:** N213WQ
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the nose landing gear alternate release handle was not pulled with sufficient enough force or distance to release the uplocks and allow extension of the nose landing gear.  Contributing to the accident was the dissimilar pull force and pull length set on the flight simulator that was used for flight crew training of alternate landing gear extension procedures and the lack of information available to crew members advising of the dissimilar pull force.

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