# Incident 20000921017359I: Gulstm 520, Delaware, OH, September 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2000, 11:55 local time
- Place: Delaware, OH
- Airport: Delaware Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2797° N, 83.1148° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Delaware Municipal Airport (DLZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2797&lon=-83.1148&mi=10
- Aircraft: N527P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 520
- Reported engine: LYC GO435C2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,006 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000921017359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/21/00 A/C N337P, AN AERO COMMANDER HAD THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ONROLL OUT AFTER LANDING AT THE DELAWARE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DELAWARE, OHIO. THE PILOT DECIDED TO PERFORM TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND ONE FULL STOP BEFORE PROCEEDING TO CA. DURING THE LANDING FOR THE FULL STOP THE PILOT STATED THE STEERING APPEARED TO SHUDDER ON THE ROLL OUT. HE STATED HOW HE PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE AND ADDED POWER TO MAKE A GO AROUND. WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN ONLY TWO OF THE THREE LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT PERFORMED TWO FLY-BYS PAST THE TERMINAL ASKING THE AIRPORT PERSONNEL IF THE NOSE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. THE MANAGER TOLD HIM, THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOT CHOOSE TO CONTINUE HIS FLIGHT TO REDUCE FUEL ONBOARDBEFORE LANDING THE A/C. THE A/C TOUCHED DOWN WAS NORMAL, HOWEVER, DURING ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. INSPECTION BY FAA PERSONNEL SHOWED THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR UPPER STRUCTURE HAD FAILED.

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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