# Incident 19881021059879I: Gulstm AA5B, Las Vegas, NV, October 21, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1988, 17:30 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Henderson Sky Harbor Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4529Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4529Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 10 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881021059879I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. NOSE GEAR STRUT BENT BACKWARDS. PROP TIPS BENT. APPEARS A HARD LANDING WAS MADE.

## Other reports on N4529Y (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19851126066129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851126066129I), Nov 26, 1985: Gulstm AA5B (N4529Y), Shawnee, OK. Landed downwind during a rainstorm and ran off end contacting a drainage ditch.
- [Incident 19831223072799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831223072799I), Dec 23, 1983: Gulstm AA5B (N4529Y), Union City, TN, Minor damage. Bounced on landing. Pushed nose down causing propeller and nose wheel to hit runway.

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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