# Incident 19970511009839I: Gulstm 500B, Marked Tree, AR, May 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1997, 09:20 local time
- Place: Marked Tree, AR
- Airport: Marked Tree Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5331° N, 90.4001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARKED TREE MUNI (6M8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5331&lon=-90.4001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69PT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69PT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970511009839I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 11, 1997, AT 0930 CDT, AERO COMMANDER 500, N69PT, REGISTERED TO THE HERITAGE CO., RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING TAXI. AFTER A NORMAL LANDING AT THE MARKED TREE, ARKANSAS AIRPORT (6M8) THE PILOT BACK TAXIED ON RUNWAY 18 TO THE TAXIWAY. AFTER TURNING ONTO THE TARMAC, WHICH WAS RECENTLY REPAVED, THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN GEAR WENT INTO A HOLE. THE LANDING GEAR UNLOCKED AND COLLAPSED CAUSING THE RIGHT PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N69PT (1)

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

- [Incident 19830823047349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830823047349I), Aug 23, 1983: Gulstm 500B (N69PT), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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