20111221029179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 501 · Springfield, MO · December 21, 2011

Date
December 21, 2011 · 16:07 local
Place
Springfield, MO
Airport
Springfield-Branson National
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N909PS
Reported as
Cessna 501
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total450 in this make and model175 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.

After the pilot selected gear down, the main gear indicators displayed down and locked and the nose gear indicator showed unsafe. The pilot cycled gear with the same result. He then performed emergency gear extension with same result. Aircraft landed with nose wheel retracted and main wheels down and locked.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, THE MAIN GEAR INDICATORS DISPLAYED DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED UNSAFE. THE PILOT CYCLED GEAR WITH THE SAME RESULT. HE THEN PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WITH SAME RESULT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE WHEEL RETRACTED AND MAIN WHEELS DOWN AND LOCKED.