# Incident 20080813849969I: Aeroco 500S, Redding, CA, August 13, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2008
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K5IA
- Location: 40.5090° N, 122.2934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDDING RGNL (RDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5090&lon=-122.2934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N900DT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900DT-2021-03-24) (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: AEROCO 500S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080813849969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT TRIED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT.  PILOT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CYCLE THE GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO REDDING AIRPORT THE POINT OF DEPARTURE AND LANDED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED FUSELAGE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE DUE TO NOSE GEAR NOT BEING DOWN.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N900DT (1)

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

- [Accident 20200828017889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200828017889A), Aug 28, 2020: Aero Commander 500 S (N900DT), Hallandale Beac, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Part 91 operator. Aero Commander 500S, serial no. 3056, N900DT was owned and operated by [privacy data omitted]. Aircraft was departing from pompano beach…

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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