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Date
September 19, 1999 · 19:10 local
Place
Tuscaloosa, AL
Airport
Tuscaloosa Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N54LW
Reported as
Gulstm 500S
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540C1A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,300 total1,300 in this make and model70 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.
(-23) Mr thurston stated that he could not get a down and locked indication on the nose gear and after recycling the gear and a pass by the control tower decided he wanted to land before it grew dark. The landing was very uneventful due to the close proximity of the nose to the ground and no one was injured during this event.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) MR THURSTON STATED THAT HE COULD NOT GET A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ON THE NOSE GEAR AND AFTER RECYCLING THE GEAR AND A PASS BY THE CONTROL TOWER DECIDED HE WANTED TO LAND BEFORE IT GREW DARK. THE LANDING WAS VERY UNEVENTFUL DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE NOSE TO THE GROUND AND NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING THIS EVENT.