# Accident 19980525015619A: Gulstm 690C, Jacksonville, FL, May 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1998, 20:12 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Jacksonville International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N840V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N840V-2018-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream AM Corp Comm Div 690C (registry code 3970404, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-am-corp-comm-div-690c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 690C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 621 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980525015619A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 25, 1998, ABOUT 2012 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A GULFSTREAM COMMANDER 690C, N840V, REGISTERED TO KV OIL AND GAS INC., CRASHED ON LANDING AT THE JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, JACKSONVILE, FLORDIA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE COMMERICAL PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE SUSTIANED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGIANTED FROM STEWART, FLORIDA, AT 1630. THE FLIGHT WAS ON THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR LANDING AT ST. SIMMONS ISLAND, GEORGIA, WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED A GEAR WARNING THAT ONLY TWO GEARS WERE DOWN, AND THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS STILL RETRACTED. THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO JACKSONVILLE, AND ATTEMPT A GEAR UP LANDING. BEFORE DIVERTING, HE ELECTED T OCLIMB TO 7000 FEET TO BURN FUEL, AND TALK TO MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ATA JACKSONVILLE, THE PILOT CANCELLED HIS IFR CLEARANCE AND FLEW VFR TO JACKSONVILLE. THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON ITS BELLY, AND CAME TO A STOP ON AN UNFOAMED RUNWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANES LANDING GEAR REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND BECAUSE THE LINK ASSEMBLY HAD JAMMED AGAINST THE GEAR DOWN LOCK. IT WAS REPORTED BY THE FAA THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD JUST UNDERGONE A 5 YEAR LANDING GEAR INSPECTION, 22 HOURS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. (-23) ON DOWNWIND TO ST. SIMMONS ISLAND PILOT NOTICED UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION.  OBSERVED L/H MAIN GEAR STILL IN THE WELL.  PILOT DIVERTED TO JAX AND BURNED OFF 1.5 HOURS OF FUEL.  ELECTED, AFTER TRYING ALL EMER. PROCEDURES AND 20 TO 30 GEAR EXTENSIONS, TO RETRACT ALL GEAR AND LAND ON BELLY.

## 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 MIA98LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA168), May 26, 1998: Gulfstream American 690C (N840V), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the left main landing gear failed to extend due to a jammed link assembly.

## Other reports on N840V (2)

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

- [Accident 20140203001199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140203001199A), Feb 3, 2014: Gulfstream Am Corp Comm Div 690C (N840V), Nashville, TN, Destroyed, 4 fatal. The aircraft N840V departed controlled flight after leveling off between the iaf "funjo" and the faf "wosor" on 2nd attempt at the RNAV (GPS) rwy 2 approach…
- [Accident 19990524030949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990524030949A), May 24, 1999: Gulstm 690C (N840V), Hot Springs, VA, Substantial damage. (.19) On may 24, 1999, about 1055 eastern daylight time, a Gulfstream American 690C, N840V, was substantially damaged as the left main landing gear collapsed…

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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