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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Turbo Commander 690D · Crestview, FL · July 23, 2025

Date
July 23, 2025 · 10:45 local
Place
Crestview, FL
Airport
Bob Sikes Airport
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
KCEW
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29GD
Reported as
Turbo Commander 690D
Reported engine
Garrett TPE-331-10T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total

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.

Pilot stated as he was working through the checklist and as he released the parking brake the aircraft left main gear began to collapse and as it did the left propeller struck the ground.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED AS HE WAS WORKING THROUGH THE CHECKLIST AND AS HE RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE THE AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE AND AS IT DID THE LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.