# Incident 20070730826769I: Gulstm G159, Point Mugu, CA, July 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2007, 12:22 local time
- Place: Point Mugu, CA
- Airport: Point Mugu Nas (Naval Base Ven
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ESPA
- Aircraft: N198PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N198PA-2016-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-159 (registry code 3952202, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-159) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART-529 series (registry code 54507, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-529-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G159
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,779 total, 8,985 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070730826769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N198PA WAS ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT KNTD, CREW OBSERVED THAT THE L/H LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT HAD NOT ILLUMINATED. PILOTS INITIATED A GO AROUND AND ATTEMPTED TO GET THREE GREENS BY ACTIVATING THE EMERGENCY BLOW DOWN BOTTLE, AND FINALLY PULLED THE AIRCRAFT UP STEEPLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO FREE THE L/H GEAR. AFTER ALL ATTEMPTS FAILED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 WITH THE L/H MAIN GEAR STILL IN THE WELL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED. RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE INFIELD REVEALED THAT THE L/H GEAR WAS STILL SECURED IN THE WHEEL WELL BY THE UPLOCK ACTUATOR. THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED BY MANUALLY RELEASING UPLOCK. AT THAT POINT THE L/H GEAR FELL TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. EXAMINATION OF THE UPLOCK ACTUATOR REVEALED NOTHING ABNORMAL AS VIEWED FROM THE WHEEL WELL AREA.

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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