39.0639° N, 108.5506° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 6, 1986 · 21:28 local
Place
Grand Junction, CO
Airport
Walker Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2BT
Reported as
Cessna 501
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total3,000 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days
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.
Emergency gear extension after unsafe nose indication. Nose gear collapsed on landing.
As the FAA filed it
EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AFTER UNSAFE NOSE INDICATION. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING.