# Incident 20140103002349I: Gates Lear Jet 24F, Denton, TX, January 3, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2014, 18:19 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2148° N, 97.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2148&lon=-97.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500ZA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEAR JET 24F
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140103002349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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