# Incident 20060921019109I: Gulstm 500S, Baton Rouge, LA, September 21, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2006, 17:53 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport: Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5329° N, 91.1499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BATON ROUGE METRO, RYAN FLD (BTR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5329&lon=-91.1499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57266, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57266) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 S (registry code 0141107, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,819 total, 2,706 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060921019109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING THE PILOT HEARD A TRANSMISSION FROM AN AMERICAN EAGLE AIRCRAFT HOLDING SHORT FOR TAKEOFF THAT ONE OF HIS MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEELS WAS NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED FOR LANDING. PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND AND CONFIRMED VISUALLY THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL WAS POSITIONED SIDEWAYS INSTEAD OF FORE AND AFT. PILOT RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND ATTEMPTED OTHER INFLIGHT MANEUVERS TO CORRECT THE GEAR POSITION BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS. STATE MAINTENANCE FACILITY WAS CONTACTED TO ADVISE AND TO INVESTIGATE OTHER METHODS OF GETTING THE GEAR PROPERLY ALIGNED. PILOT CONTINUED CIRCLING WHILE STATE MAINTENANCE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER FOR ANY OTHER IDEAS. NO NEW USEFUL INFORMATION WAS LEARNED SO AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR THE PILOT MADE A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 AND TOUCHED DOWN RIGHT OF CENTERLINE. ON TOUCHDOWN, PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT BRAKE AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON RUNWAY CENTERLINE WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WHEEL REMAINING INTACT. POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED A MECHANICAL LINKAGE WHICH NORMALLY ROTATES THE GEAR DURING RETRACTION AND EXTENSION WAS MISSING FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

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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