# Accident 20060201001729A: Cessna 500CESSNA, Greensboro, NC, February 1, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2006, 13:40 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8700° N, 82.3472° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8700&lon=-82.3472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N814ER-2007-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 650 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060201001729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CREWMEMBERS STATE THAT THE LANDING GEAR "UNSAFE" LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED ON A GO AROUND (BALKED LANDING) FROM A PRIVATE AIRPORT (2NC0) IN THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. ACCORDING TO THE CREWMEMBERS STATEMENT, WHEN THE GEAR WAS CYCLED DOWN AGAIN, THE RIGHT GEAR WOULD NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CREWMEMBERS THEN INITIATED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECK LIST ITEMS INCLUDING USE OF THE NITROGEN BLOW DOWN SYSTEM, AND STILL COULD NOT GET THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO LOCK. A LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED AT GSO AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED ON ROLL OUT. EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AFTER RECOVERY FROM THE RUNWAY INDICATES THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. SOME LANDING GEAR PARTS WERE MISSING AND NOT RECOVERED FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE OR ON THE AIRPORT GROUNDS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL06LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA041), Feb 1, 2006: Cessna 500 (N814ER), Burnsville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude that led to an undershoot and the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point.

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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