# Accident 20080530833919A: Gulstm 690A, Tacoma, WA, May 30, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2008, 11:01 local time
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Airport: Tacoma Narrows
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2678° N, 122.5781° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2678&lon=-122.5781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115AB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N115AB-2022-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon C90A (registry code 7150004, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-c90a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-21 (registry code 52172, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 690A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 120 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080530833919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SHORTLY AFTER LANDING, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP, THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR FOUND A FAILURE OF THE FITTING WHERE THE HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR ATTACHED TO THE LANDING GEAR STRUT. IT HAD SHEARED IN HALF AND DISCOLORATION EVIDENCE INDICATED A CRACK HAD EXISTED PREVIOUS TO THE FAILURE.

## 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 SEA08LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA147), May 30, 2008: Aero Commander 690A (N115AB), Tacoma, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the right main landing gear for undetermined reasons.

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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