# NTSB GAA18WA590: Aero Commander 500, N590DR, Canefield Airoprt, Dominica, July 27, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 27, 2018, 13:33 local (13:33 UTC)
- Place: Canefield Airoprt, Dominica
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100027
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA18WA590
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100027/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18WA590

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Aero Commander 500 S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=0141107), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Dominica has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a AERO COMMANDER 500 airplane that occurred on July 27, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Dominica's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Dominica.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N590DR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N590DR), registered now, S/N 1817-23, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 500 (S)
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 500 S](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-s) (registry code 0141107) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1817-23
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Express Carriers Inc
- Registered owner: Dean A Richardson
- Departed: TIST, St Thomas
- Destination: TDCF, Canefield

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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.

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