# Incident 19950226004939I: Gulstm 500S, Columbia, SC, February 26, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1995, 02:15 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19WL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19WL-2004-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 S (registry code 0141107, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950226004939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED NO NOSE GEAR EXTEND LIGHT PRIOR TO LANDING. 	NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. 	EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED ABRASION DAMAGE TO BOTH NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN. 	FURTHER EXAMINATION DISCLOSED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR SPACER ASSEMBLY AND THE STEERING ACTUATOR WAS FOUND TO BE DISCONNECTED AT THE ROD END THAT ATTACHES TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. 	A TEMPORARY REPAIR WAS MADE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SPACER ASSEMBLY AND THE ACTUATOR WAS REATTACHED. 	THREE SUCCESSFUL GEAR RETRACTION/EXTENSION CYCLES WERE COMPLETED. 	NO FURTHER MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT WAS NOTED.

## Other reports on N19WL (2)

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

- [Accident 20030414005259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030414005259A), Apr 14, 2003: Gulstm 500S (N19WL), Mt Pleasant, SC, Destroyed. (-23) Pilot in command reported that shortly after take-off at approximately 100 feet with the gear up both engines quit operating. The aircraft crashed in a…
- [Incident 19881003053429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881003053429I), Oct 3, 1988: Gulstm 500S (N19WL), Conway, SC, Minor damage. Almost landed gear up. Go around made as belly scraped the runway. Landed safely on second try.

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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