# Accident 20131030021729A: Aero Commander 500-B, Lubbock, TX, October 30, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2013, 21:40 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock Preston Smith Internat
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ZJWA
- Location: 33.6402° N, 101.7799° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6402&lon=-101.7799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N917GT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N917GT-2020-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 500-B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO540-E1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,520 total, 250 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131030021729A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 30, 2013, AT 2140 CDT, AN AERO COMMANDER 500-B, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N917GT, REGISTERED TO CENTRAL AIR SOUTHWEST INC, LANDED ON RUNWAY 35L AT LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL (KLBB), EXPERIENCED A GEAR-UP LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A CARGO FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME WITH STORM CELLS IN AND AROUND THE VICINITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN14LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA065), Oct 31, 2013: Aero Commander 500 - B (N917GT), Lubbock, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to complete a landing checklist and extend the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-up landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's diverted attention to the weather…

## Other reports on N917GT (1)

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

- [Incident 19940401011359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940401011359I), Apr 1, 1994: Gulstm 500B (N917GT), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Aircraft struck left wingtip of parked aircraft while taxiing to paking area in a dark ramp.

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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