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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 500CESSNA · Uvalde, TX · March 13, 1997

Date: March 13, 1997 · 10:30 local
Place: Uvalde, TX
Airport: Garner Field Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N956S
Reported as: Cessna 500CESSNA
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,500 total1,100 in this make and model30 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 March 13, 1997, N956S, a Cessna model 500, while on a functional test flight landed with the nose gear in the up position at Garner municipal airport, Uvalde, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. No flight plan was filed, no injuries, no fire or property damage. Investigation revealed that the right nose gear door was left disconnected from the rear hinge attach point and taped in the closed position. Preflight inspection failed to observe this function. This office considers this incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 13, 1997, N956S, A CESSNA MODEL 500, WHILE ON A FUNCTIONAL TEST FLIGHT LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION AT GARNER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, UVALDE, TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, NO INJURIES, NO FIRE OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS LEFT DISCONNECTED FROM THE REAR HINGE ATTACH POINT AND TAPED IN THE CLOSED POSITION. PREFLIGHT INSPECTION FAILED TO OBSERVE THIS FUNCTION. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.