# Incident 19940118001619I: Gulstm 685, Omaha, NE, January 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1994, 00:01 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JDWA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2828S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2828S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680FL (registry code 0141608, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680fl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 685
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 3,400 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940118001619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 17, 1994, COMMANDER N2828S, OWNED AND OPERATED BY SUBURBAN AIR FREIGHT, INC. EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE NLG INDICATION UPON DEPARTURE FROM ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. THE PIC, JOSEPH S. BENNETT, FAILED TO OBTAIN A SAFE GEAR INDICATION THROUGH SEVERAL CYCLES WHILE ENROUTE TO NORFOLK, NEBRASKA. THE PIC ELECTED TO DIVERT TO OMAHA EPPLEY AIRFIELD FOR ATCT CONFIRMATION. FOLLOWING ATCT CONFIRMATION OF AN UNSAFE NOSE LANDING GEAR, THE PIC ATTAINED A SAFE NLG INDICATION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT OMAHA EPPLEY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE PRESENCE OF SAND AND GRIT BETWEEN THE NLG TRUNNION ASSEMBLY AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STEERING COLLARS, PN: 9935-1 AND PN: 9935-3. THE NLG WAS CLEANED, INSPECTED, AND TESTED PRIOR TO RETURN TO SERVICE. NOTE:	THE SAND IN THE NLG COLLAR RADIUS PREVENTED THE NLG FROM CENTERING 	PROPERLY UPON RETRACTION, CAUSING THE NLG TO INTERFERE WITH THE NOSE 	LANDING GEAR DOORS. FAA FORM 8010-R, MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT 	HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY SUBURBAN AIR FREIGHT, INC. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N2828S (3)

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

- [Incident 19830128004329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830128004329I), Jan 28, 1983: Gulstm 680FL (N2828S), Las Vegas, NM, Minor damage. Aircraft used to carry marijuana found abandoned on a ranch. Landing gear damaged on night off airport landing.
- [Incident 19810113004919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810113004919I), Jan 13, 1981: Rkwell 680FL (N2828S), Savoy, IL, Minor damage. Following touchdown, the aircraft swerved and struck runway light.
- [Accident 19730805026059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730805026059A), Aug 5, 1973: Rkwell 680FL (N2828S), IL, Substantial damage

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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