# Accident 20071111827419A: Gulstm GIV, Houston, TX, November 11, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2007, 10:21 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6331° N, 95.6556° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6331&lon=-95.6556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209LS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM GIV
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,240 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071111827419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR (NG) DEVELOPED SEVERE VIBRATION AND COLLAPSED. THE NG TRUNNION BROKE AND THE NG FAILED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE. THE NG PUNCTURED THE PRESSURE VESSEL CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 DFW08LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA030), Nov 11, 2007: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV (N209LS), Sugar Land, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapsed of the nose landing gear due to shimmy as the result of the improper installation of the nose landing gear upper torque arm pin by the flight crew during the preflight inspection of the…

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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