# Incident 20110313003939I: Cessna 501, Uvalde, TX, March 13, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2011, 14:00 local time
- Place: Uvalde, TX
- Airport: Garner Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2113° N, 99.7436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARNER FLD (UVA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2113&lon=-99.7436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45TL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45TL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 501 (registry code 2076603, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-501) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110313003939I

## Narrative

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

ON FINAL APPROACH TO UVALDE TX, THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. THE GEAR UNSAFE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE WAS FOLLOWED WHICH INCLUDED ACTUATING THE EMERGENCY GEAR BLOW DOWN BOTTLE. THE LANDING AND TURN OFF OF THE RUNWAY WAS UNEVENTFUL. APPROX 100 YARDS FROM THE HANGAR THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR WOULD NOT LOCK THE NOSE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PART HAS BEEN SENT TO AV GROUP FOR TEAR-DOWN AND INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N45TL (1)

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

- [Incident 20201231016509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201231016509I), Dec 31, 2020: Cessna 501 (N45TL), Miami, FL, Minor damage. On December 31, 2020 at approximately 1708 hours, Cessna citation 501, registration N45TL was given control tower clearance for takeoff from runway 9L. At 1710…

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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