# Incident 20010420008739I: Gulstm 114, Ft Lauderdale, FL, April 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2001, 14:11 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57BH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57BH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 114 (registry code 7630314, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 114
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010420008739I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 20, 2001 AT ABOUT 2311 EDT, A AERO COMMANDER 114 REGISTERED TO THE PILOT EXPERIENCED THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR ON LANDING RUNWAY 8 AT FT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, FT LAUDERDALE FL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE ACCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ROD FAILED INTERNALLY CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

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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