18.4663° N, 66.1057° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 20, 2001 · 20:16 local
Place
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Airport
San Juan/Puerto Rico International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N588GA
Reported as
Gulstm GV
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce BR700710A110
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,600 total300 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot had to use brakes, blowing 4 tires to maintain control of the aircraft in the runway. This was a direct cause of a defective nose steering valve assembly that loss hyd. Fluid in flight causing only one side of the reverse to activate during landing.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT HAD TO USE BRAKES, BLOWING 4 TIRES TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE RUNWAY. THIS WAS A DIRECT CAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE NOSE STEERING VALVE ASSEMBLY THAT LOSS HYD. FLUID IN FLIGHT CAUSING ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE REVERSE TO ACTIVATE DURING LANDING.