# Incident 20130901023469I: Gulfstream American Corp AA-5A, Houston, TX, September 1, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2013, 16:42 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26794, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26794) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5A (registry code 3970104, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AMERICAN CORP AA-5A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130901023469I

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS LANDING AT ELLINGTON FIELD (EFD) ON RUNWAY 22 WITH A SLIGHT CROSSWIND.  WIND WAS REPORTED AT 170 AT 10 KTS.  PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THEN EXECUTED A GO-AROUND.  DURING THE GO-AROUND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY DISTANCE SIGN WITH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR.  THE SIGN STANDS FIVE FEET TALL ABOUT 40 FEET TO THE SIDE OF RUNWAY 22.  PILOT RETURNED FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 17R.  DURING TOUCH DOWN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER RIGHT, COMPLETING A 180 DEGREE TURN AND COME TO REST ABOUT 100 FEET OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON THE GRASS.  RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED BECAUSE THE ATTACH BOLTS FAILED.  DAMAGE WAS TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR AND A SMALL DENT TO THE RIGHT FLAP.  RUNWAY DISTANCE SIGN WAS DESTROYED.

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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