# Incident 20030304002289I: Gulstm 500B, Stockton, CA, March 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2003, 16:37 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Stockton Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8933° N, 121.2381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8933&lon=-121.2381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N353CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540B1A5
- Pilot flight hours: 387 total, 305 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030304002289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO SCK, THE PILOT PUT THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO THE DOWN POSITION AND RECEIVED NO GREEN LIGHT FOR NOSE GEAR. HE DID ONE GO AROUND TO TRY TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO FREE FALL INTO THE LOCK POSITION, BUT HAD NO SUCCESS. HE THEN DECIDED TO LAND, PUTTING THE AIRPLANE ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND ROLLING THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY, COMING TO A GRASS AREA AND GENTLY LET THE NOSE DOWN WHEREUPON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FOLDED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ABOUT 20 FEET. FAILURE OF NOSE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A HYDRAULIC HARD LINE FAILURE.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.