# Incident 20080415841469I: Lear 60LEAR, Fort Myers, FL, April 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2008, 11:10 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Southwest Florida International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 26.5362° N, 81.7552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTL (RSW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5362&lon=-81.7552&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFJGG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 60LEAR
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080415841469I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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