# Incident 20080416842259I: Gulfstream Aerospace G-III, Fort Lauderdal, FL, April 16, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2008, 14:35 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdal, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500EF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500EF-2019-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream Aerospace G-III (registry code 3980200, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-g-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce SPEY MK 511SR (registry code 54523, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-spey-mk-511sr) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080416842259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 16, 2008, AIRCRAFT N500EF DEPARTED THE FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE (FXE) AT APPROXIMATELY 1341 LOCAL TIME TO CARACAS. VENEZUELA 9SVM); IT RETURNED TO FXE AT APPROXIMATELY 1453 LOCAL TIME.  THE ASO-ROC REPORTED THT THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED WITH GEAR PROBLEMS.  ON APRIL 24, 2008, THIS OFFICE INTERVIEWED THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) BY TELEPHONE; HE STATED THAT AFTER DEPARTURE, HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR BUT THE FORT-LAUDERDALE DISPATCH ALONG WITH ATC REPORTED THAT THE LEFT LANDING GEAR DOOR DID NOT LOOKED CLOSED.  THE PIC STATED THAT HE MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.  HE ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE GEAR WAS LOWERED, THE GEAR TRANSITION LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND THE THREE GREEN POSITION LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED.  IN A PHONE CONVERSTATION ON APRIL 25, 2008, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A MECHANIC FROM EXECUTIVE GULFSTREAM AT FXE STATED THAT ON 16 APRIL 2008, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING.  HE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND SERVICED THE LEFT HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WITH 2 QUARTS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID.  THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY INVOICE NR 8014.  SINCE THE PIC DID NOT RECEIVE A UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION AND SAFETY WAS NOT A FACTOR, SUGGEST DOWNGRADING TO AN OCCURANCE.

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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