# Incident 20040515013749I: Gulstm 520, Pontiac, MI, May 15, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2004, 11:46 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N520RN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N520RN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 520 (registry code 0141202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-520) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435C&D series (registry code 41521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435c-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 520
- Reported engine: LYC GO435C2B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 100 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040515013749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 15, 2004 AT 11:46 LOCAL AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 27R AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ABOUT 200 FEET ON RUNWAY AND THEN VEERED OFF INTO GRASS AREA IN BETWEEN RUNWAYS AND SKIDDED AN ADDITIONAL 200 FEET.

## Other reports on N520RN (1)

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

- [Incident 20191212022349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191212022349I), Dec 12, 2019: Aero Commander 520 (N520RN), Flint, MI, Minor damage. After a brief 10 minute ferry flight from rnp to fnt on landing rollout the nosegear collapsed.

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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