# Incident 20000305003389I: Gulstm 560, Key Largo, FL, March 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2000, 12:00 local time
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Airport: Ocean Reef Club Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DXTA
- Location: 25.0808° N, 80.4403° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.0808&lon=-80.4403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N314QS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 560
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00IA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00IA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000305003389I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 04 AT THE OCEAN REEF CLUB AIRPORT (X09) THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A HARD LANDIG AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION INDICATES A POSSIBLE INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC ACUTATOR.  THIS INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.  NOTE: THIS WAS A FAR PART 91 REPOSITION FLIGHT.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ON MARCH 5, 2000, AT 1200 EST, A CESSNA CE-560, N314QS, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING A NORMAL LANDING AT THE OCEAN REEF CLUB AIRPORT IN KEY LARGO, FLORIDA, THE ON DEMAND TAXI POSITIONING FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY EXECUTIVE JET INCORPORATED UNDER PROVISION OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH A FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE TWO AIR TRANSPORT PILOTS WERE NOT INJURIED.  THE POSITIONING FLIGHT DEPARTED PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE BEFORE LANDING CHECK, WHICH INCLUDED THE LOWERING OF THE LANDING GEAR, WAS COMPLETED SEVERAL MILES ON SHORT FINAL.  THE PILOT RECALLED THAT THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ALSO GREEN.  AFTER THE AIRPLANE LANDED, THE PILOT DEPLOYED THE THRUST REVERSES.  AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME, THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED INTO WHEEL WELL.  THE AIRPLANE SLID DOWN RUNWAY 22, AND CAM ETO REST 2000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE DISCLOSED THAT THE NOSE GEAR GEAR UP-DOWN-LOCK ACTUATOR EXPERIENCED A MECHANICAL FAILURE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL00IA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00IA035), Mar 5, 2000: Cessna CE-560 (N314QS), Key Largo, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the nose gear locking mechanism for undetermined reason.

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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