# Accident 19950724048879A: Englewood, CO, July 24, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1995, 13:36 local time
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N480UP (not matched to a registry record)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW95LA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA316) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950724048879A

## Narrative

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

(-16) ON JULY 24, 1995, AT 1336 MDT, A GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE G-1V, N480UP, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON LANDING AT CENTENNIAL AIRPORT, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, WHEN PART OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED AND PENETRATED THE WING SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE TWO CREW MEMBERS AND SEVEN PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THIS BUSINESS FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT CREW, THEY HEARD A LOAD "CLUNK" WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL AND UPON TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT SHOCK ABSORBER ASSY., WHICH HAD BECOME DETACHED AT THE UPPER FITTING, PENETRATED THE WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW95LA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA316), Jul 24, 1995: Gulfstream GV-1 (N480UP), Englewood, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT ATTACHMENT FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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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