# Incident 20030331008969I: Cessna 500CESSNA, Wilmington, NC, March 31, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2003, 14:01 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: New Hanover County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N628BS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N628BS-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series (registry code 52060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,600 total, 100 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/20030331008969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MYRTLE BEACH, SC. PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS TO REDUCE FUEL TO FACILITATE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT DESCENT AND LANDING NORMAL WITH POSITIVE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. FOLLOWING APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET OF GROUND ROLL THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR FAILED TO REMAIN EXTENDED. THE DOWN LOCK PROVISION IS INTERNAL TO THIS TYPE ACTUATOR. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO RIGHT WING TIP, AILERON AND FLAP TRAILING EDGE, SPEED BRAKE AND VARIOUS ANTENNAS. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO BOTTOM WING SKIN OCCURRED WHEN AIRCRAFT LIFTED TO MOVE FROM RUNWAY. STATEMENT FROM WILMINGTON POLICE OFFICER VERIFIED AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE EXTEND POSITION AND THREE DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT BEING MOVED.

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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