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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm 690C · Lubbock, TX · July 31, 1994

Date: July 31, 1994 · 17:07 local
Place: Lubbock, TX
Airport: Lubbock International Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9265C
Reported as: Gulstm 690C
People aboard: 7
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total3,000 in this make and model120 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.

The nose gear collapsed on roll out following a normal landing when the propellers were placed in reverse pitch. The aircraft came to a stop on the center of the runway after sliding on the nose gear doors. Post incident inspection has not revealed any physical reason for the nose gear collapsing. Retraction and extension tests are normal. Aircraft testing and inspection will continue by local maintenance facility.

As the FAA filed it

THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL OUT FOLLOWING A NORMAL LANDING WHEN THE PROPELLERS WERE PLACED IN REVERSE PITCH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY AFTER SLIDING ON THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION HAS NOT REVEALED ANY PHYSICAL REASON FOR THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING. RETRACTION AND EXTENSION TESTS ARE NORMAL. AIRCRAFT TESTING AND INSPECTION WILL CONTINUE BY LOCAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY.