Port Columbus Intl Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Columbus, Ohio
Monday, September 26, 2005 9:05 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane sustained substantial damage when the nose landing gear collapsed during taxi for takeoff. Examination and functional testing of the airplane and associated systems revealed no anomalies that could be determined to have resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear. Additional investigation involving functional testing, examination, teardown inspection, and dimensional examination of the landing gear actuator revealed no anomalies that could be determined to have resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The collapse of the nose landing gear for undetermined reasons.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/26/2005
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 905
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City Columbus
Event State OHIO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2005
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 395988N
Event Location Longitude 0825352W
Event Location Airport PORT COLUMBUS INTL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID CMH
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 851 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID CMH
Elevation of weather observation facility 815
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 500
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 2
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 19
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 19
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 190
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.76
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 21093
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Oct 7 2005 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Mar 26 2007 9:33AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\lema
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Columbus, Ohio

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N699QS
NTSB Number CHI05LA277
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 560XL
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 560-5199
Certified Max Gross Weight 20000
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 9
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection AAIP
Date of Last Inspection Aug 1 2005 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 116
Airframe Hours 3953
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Netjets Sales, Inc.
Aircraft Owner Street Address Two Leadership Sq. 10th floor
Aircraft Owner City Oklahoma City
Aircraft Owner State OK
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 73102
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code DXTA
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Positioning
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code CMH
Departure City Columbus
Departure State OH
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 905
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code HKY
Destination City HICKORY
Destination State NC
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 16 2007 8:27AM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location NA
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --