# Incident 19990407020009I: Gulstm G1159A, Burbank, CA, April 7, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1999, 12:57 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airp
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ABFA
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353VA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N353VA-2013-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A (registry code 3980100, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-g-1159a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce SPEY MK 511SR (registry code 54523, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-spey-mk-511sr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G1159A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990407020009I

## Narrative

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

UPON TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT.  AIRCRAFT CIRCLED SIMI VALLEY TO BURN FUEL AND RETURN TO LAND NORMALLY WITH 3 GREEN LIGHTS.  MET WITH JEFF FRITZ D.O.M. FOR AVJET 135.  MR. FRITZ STATED FLT. CREW DID NOT REMOVE NOSE GEAR PIN BEFORE FLIGHT.  A/C DEPARTED BUR DESTINATION HNL. A/C RETURN TO BUR WITHOUT INCIDENT.  NO FURTHER INSP WAS REQUIRED.  RECOMMEND FOLLOW-UP BY OPERATION UNIT.

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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