# Incident 19890607032359I: Gulstm 500B, Kansas City, MO, June 7, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1989, 00:02 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CHEA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N630KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N630KC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540B1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,362 total, 1,740 in this make and model, 305 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890607032359I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE GEAR. ELECTED TO LAND. LEFT GEAR DOOR LINKAGE ROD WAS DISCONNECTED.

## Other reports on N630KC (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830405014519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830405014519A), Apr 5, 1983: Gulstm 500B (N630KC), Hutchinson, KS, Substantial damage. Landed on a snow and slush covered runway. A crosswind pushed aircraft into a snowbank. Braking action was poor.
- [Incident 19801103078899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801103078899I), Nov 3, 1980: Rkwell 500B (N630KC), Indianapolis, IN. Visual inspection before landing showed gear wheel cocked 90 degees. Shaft torque link sheared and fell out.

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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