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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Smith Aerostar 60 · Laurel, MS · July 27, 2009

Date
July 27, 2009 · 07:15 local
Place
Laurel, MS
Airport
Hesler-Noble Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N760CV
Reported as
Smith Aerostar 60
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total50 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot reported that he took off from hattiesburg-Laurel (kpib) and could not raise the landing gear. He made the decision to land at Hesler-Noble (klul. On landing roll out at klul the nose landing gear collapse causing damage to both propeller blades.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE TOOK OFF FROM HATTIESBURG-LAUREL (KPIB) AND COULD NOT RAISE THE LANDING GEAR. HE MADE THE DECISION TO LAND AT HESLER-NOBLE (KLUL. ON LANDING ROLL OUT AT KLUL THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLER BLADES.