# Incident 20090718014299I: Gulstm G1159A, Las Vegas, NV, July 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2009, 09:47 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PRIA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N399AP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N399AP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L-39 (registry code 05603SJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G1159A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,350 total, 2,010 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/20090718014299I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON 07/18/2009 AT 0947 HRS. AIRCRAFT N399AP, GULFSTREAM G-III, MODEL GA-1159A, DURING TAKEOFF AT MCCARRAN AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 7L EXPERIENCED A #4 MAIN TIRE TREAD LOSS.  UNKNOWN TO THE FLIGHT CREW, AIRCRAFT CLIMBED OUT AND EXPERIENCED AN AIRFRAME VIBRATION.  AFTER COMMUNICATION WITH LAS VEGAS ATC AND A FUEL BURN PERIOD, N399AP LANDED ON RUNWAY 19L AT 1104 WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AIRCRAFT TAKEN TO GENERAL DYNAMICS AVIATION SERVICES FOR EVALUATION AND REPAIR.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT FROM FLYING TIRE TREAD IS AS FOLLOWS: DAMAGED R/H GEAR DOOR, DAMAGED R/H FLAP, DAMAGED R/H ENGINE FIXED COWL, DAMAGED R/H THRUST REVERSER, AND DAMAGED #4 MAIN TIRE.  NO AIRFRAME STRUCTURAL DAMAGED NOTED.

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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