20140103002349I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gates Lear Jet 24F · Denton, TX · January 3, 2014

Date: January 3, 2014 · 18:19 local
Place: Denton, TX
Airport: Denton Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N500ZA
Reported as: Gates Lear Jet 24F
Reported engine: NONE NONE
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,000 total1,000 in this make and model80 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.

On jan 3, 2014 N500ZA was in route from austin Texas executive airport (edc) to Denton Texas regional airport (dto) via filed flight plan. The aircraft arrived dto at approx 1819 local time.

Upon touching down on rwy 18 the aircraft experience a nose gear collapse and brake failure. The crew was able to successfully bring the aircraft to a stop about 150 yards from end of runway using emergency air brakes minting rwy center line.

There were only two persons on board, pilot and co-pilot; no injuries were reported.

The aircraft is currently housed at dto awaiting maintenance and to determine probable cause.

As the FAA filed it

ON JAN 3, 2014 N500ZA WAS IN ROUTE FROM AUSTIN TEXAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (EDC) TO DENTON TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT (DTO) VIA FILED FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED DTO AT APPROX 1819 LOCAL TIME.

UPON TOUCHING DOWN ON RWY 18 THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND BRAKE FAILURE. THE CREW WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP ABOUT 150 YARDS FROM END OF RUNWAY USING EMERGENCY AIR BRAKES MINTING RWY CENTER LINE.

THERE WERE ONLY TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, PILOT AND CO-PILOT; NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY HOUSED AT DTO AWAITING MAINTENANCE AND TO DETERMINE PROBABLE CAUSE.