# Incident 20090727857389I: Smith AEROSTAR 60, Laurel, MS, July 27, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2009, 07:15 local time
- Place: Laurel, MS
- Airport: Hesler-Noble Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6730° N, 89.1728° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HESLER/NOBLE FLD (LUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6730&lon=-89.1728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N760CV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N760CV-2014-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601 (registry code 8360606, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH AEROSTAR 60
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090727857389I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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