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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 60LEAR · Fort Myers, FL · April 15, 2008

Date
April 15, 2008 · 11:10 local
Place
Fort Myers, FL
Airport
Southwest Florida International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
CFJGG
Reported as
Lear 60LEAR
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total600 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On April 15, 2008 at approximately 1110 EDT, a canadian registered Lear jet, LR-60, registration nr c-fjgg, s/n 60-038, operated by skyservices business aviation and piloted by privacy data omitted, co-piloted by privacy data omitted reported an unsafe nose gear indication to ATC upon final to Southwest Florida internal airport (rsw), ft Myers, FL. Normal recycling of landing gear handle was tried several times and emergency blow down was tried, nose gear still indicated unsafe. Aircraft did flyby of rsw tower which reported all gear appeared down. Upon landing and speed decreasing to approximately 60 KTS the nose gear collapsed. No injuries of crew or passengers was reported. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 15, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1110 EDT, A CANADIAN REGISTERED LEAR JET, LR-60, REGISTRATION NR C-FJGG, S/N 60-038, OPERATED BY SKYSERVICES BUSINESS AVIATION AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CO-PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION TO ATC UPON FINAL TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNAL AIRPORT (RSW), FT MYERS, FL. NORMAL RECYCLING OF LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS TRIED SEVERAL TIMES AND EMERGENCY BLOW DOWN WAS TRIED, NOSE GEAR STILL INDICATED UNSAFE. AIRCRAFT DID FLYBY OF RSW TOWER WHICH REPORTED ALL GEAR APPEARED DOWN. UPON LANDING AND SPEED DECREASING TO APPROXIMATELY 60 KTS THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. NO INJURIES OF CREW OR PASSENGERS WAS REPORTED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.