# Incident 19980528026479I: Gulstm G1159A, Indianapolis, IN, May 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1998, 20:17 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AIOA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N620JM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G1159A
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 375 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980528026479I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF FROM RALEIGH DURHAM NC (RDU). THE PILOT HEARD A POP & THE AIRCRAFT SEEM TO YAW LEFT THEN EVERYTHING SEEMED OK. NO FURTHER NOISE OR VIBRATIONS WERE NOTED. WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT STAYED ON. WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED THERE WAS NO VIBRATION OR IRREGULAR FLIGHT CHARACTERICS SO THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO INDIANAPOLIS, IN (IND). FLIGHT SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 240 KNTS & LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED & FOUND THAT THE OUTBOARAD TIRE TREAD HAD SEPERATED FROM THE TIRE. ALOS FOUND THAT THE LEFT OUTBOARD GEAR DOOR WAS DAMAGED & FOUND A DENT IN THE LEFT FLAP.

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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