# Incident 19990919032949I: Gulstm 500S, Tuscaloosa, AL, September 19, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1999, 19:10 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54LW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500S
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,300 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990919032949I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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