# Incident 20001025019369I: Gulstm 500S, Virgin Gorda, U.S. Virgin Islands, October 25, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2000
- Place: Virgin Gorda, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Virgin Gorda
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EO7A
- Aircraft: N97VB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97VB-2016-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 S (registry code 0141107, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500S
- Reported engine: LYC IO540E1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33,000 total, 4,100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001025019369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING ATR VIRGIN GORDA AIRPORT AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE UNSAFE LANDING GEAR HORN SOUNDED AND THE BELLY OF THE A/C TOUCHED THE GROUND. BOTH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ALSO, THEN NOSE WHEEL. THIS OCCURRED AROUND 8:20 AM.

## Other reports on N97VB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050228005979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050228005979A), Feb 28, 2005: Gulstm 500S (N97VB), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Destroyed. (-23) On February 28, 2005, aircraft 97VB, commander 500S type aircraft, departed from lmm international airport, San Juan, PR to the island of virgin gorda.…

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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