19951201043219I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm 685 · Gary, IN · December 1, 1995

Date: December 1, 1995 · 18:00 local
Place: Gary, IN
Airport: R G Hatcher Gary Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N57071
Reported as: Gulstm 685
Reported engine: Continental GTSIO520K
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total70 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.

Narrative: on December 1, 1995 a twin commander, N57071 piloted by patrick a. catullo made an emergency landing at Gary regional airport, Gary, IN. There were no injuries, with minor damage to the aircraft nose gear doors. An investigation found that a pin was broken from the nose wheel steering assembly causing the nose gear to hit the radome preventing full extension of the nose gear. A m or d report is being submitted. This incident report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 1, 1995 A TWIN COMMANDER, N57071 PILOTED BY PATRICK A. CATULLO MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT GARY REGIONAL AIRPORT, GARY, IN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR DOORS. AN INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT A PIN WAS BROKEN FROM THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING ASSEMBLY CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO HIT THE RADOME PREVENTING FULL EXTENSION OF THE NOSE GEAR. A M OR D REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED. THIS INCIDENT REPORT IS CLOSED.