# Incident 19981102038529I: Gruman G111, Ft Lauderdale, FL, November 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1998, 14:00 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N113LA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN G111
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981102038529I

## Narrative

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

(-5)CREW NOTED HYDRAULIC QUANTITY FALLING.  HAD TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR.  NOSE GEAR FAILED TO LOCK. NO LOCK INDICATION.  NORMAL LANDING.  NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLASPED AS IT TOUCHED DOWN.  DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR DOORS, DOOR LINKAGE AND MINOR HULL DAMAGE.

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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