# Incident 20050422008279I: Gulstm G73, Ft Lauderdale, FL, April 22, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FVYA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N142PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N142PA-2010-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-73T (registry code 3951902, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-73t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-34 (registry code 61534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G73
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,800 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050422008279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTING AN OPERATIONAL FLIGHT AFTER CONTROL SURFACE MAINTENANCE. OPERATIONAL FLIGHT COMPLETED WITH NO PROBLEMS. UPON RETURNING TO FLL GEAR DOWN SELECTED, AND CREW HEARD A HISSING SOUND FROM THE VICINITY OF LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE. CREW INVESTIGATED, AND HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE. GEAR EXTENSION CONTINUED, WITH MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ON. FLIGHT LANDED ON RUNWAY 09R WHERE ON LANDING ROLL OUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. MAINTENANCE RAISED AIRCRAFT, PULLED NOSE GEAR TO DOWN AND LOCK POSITION. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO HANGAR, WHERE INVESTIGATION SHOWED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR.

## Other reports on N142PA (2)

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

- [Incident 20010522012019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010522012019I), May 22, 2001: Gulstm G73 (N142PA), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. (.4) On may 22, 2001, at about 1746 eastern daylight time, a Grumman G-73, N142PA, registered to seaplane leasing ii LLC, operated by flying boat inc, doing…
- [Incident 20000611035039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000611035039I), Jun 11, 2000: Gulstm G73 (N142PA), Watson Island, FL, Minor damage. (-23)On June 11, 2000, at 1130 am, a Grumman G73T, N142PA landed at Watson Island. As the aircraft was water taxing, the pilot applied rearward movement to the…

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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