- Date
- March 5, 2000, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Key Largo, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N314QSCessna CE-560
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000305003389I
- Case key
- 48742
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Probable cause
The malfunction of the nose gear locking mechanism for undetermined reason.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot completed the before landing check, which included the lowering of the landing gear, several miles on short final. The pilot recalled that the landing gear indicator lights were green, or landing gear down and locked. After the airplane landed, the pilot deployed the thrust reverses. At approximately the same time, the nose gear retracted into the wheel well. The airplane slid down runway 04, and came to rest 2000 feet from the end of the runway. The initial examination of the airplane disclosed that the nose gear up-down-lock actuator experienced a mechanical failure. During the subsequent examination of the assembly, no mechanical problem was detected during functional testing. All functional pressures and other operational parameters tested within the normal certificated limits.
Factual narrative
On March 5, 2000, at 1200 eastern standard time, a Cessna CE-560, N314QS, nose gear collapsed during a normal landing at the Ocean Reef Club Airport in Key Largo, Florida, The on demand air taxi positioning flight was operated by Executive Jet Incorporated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with a flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the incident. The airplane sustained minor damage, and the two air transport pilots were not injured. The positioning flight departed Palm Beach, Florida, at approximately 1130.
According to the pilot, the before landing check, which included the lowering of the landing gear, was completed several miles on short final. The pilot recalled that the landing gear indicator lights were green or indicated that the landing gear was down and locked. After the airplane landed, the pilot deployed the thrust reverses. At approximately the same time, the nose gear retracted into the wheel well. The airplane slid down runway 04, and came to rest 2000 feet from the end of the runway.
The preliminary examination of the airplane disclosed that the nose gear up-down-lock actuator assembly experienced a mechanical failure. During the subsequent examination of the assembly no mechanical problem was detected during functional testing. All functional pressures and other operational parameters tested within the normal certificated limits.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N314QS
- Reported as
- Cessna CE-560
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 560-0441
- Airframe hours
- 2,619
- Engine
- P&W JT15-5D, 3,045 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Executive Jet Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- PBI · Palm Beach, FL
- Destination
- X09
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- X09 · Ocean Reef Club Airport, runway 4, 4,456 × 70 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,412 total · 1,113 in this make and model · 6,775 as pilot in command · 158 in the last 90 days · 57 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HST, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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