# Incident 20131214024989I: Gulfstream GA-IV, Opa Locka, FL, December 14, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2013, 15:26 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: XASTS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM GA-IV
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131214024989I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DESTROYED TWO TIRES ON LEFT MAIN GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY UPON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.

SUBSEQUENT FDR ANALYSIS BY GULFSTREAM

(MFR) INDICATES FAILED ANTI-ROTATION VALVE ON LEFT HAND MAIN GEAR.

REPORT RECEIVED FROM KIMBERLY LASCELL OF GULFSTREAM (KIMBERLY.LASCELL@GULFSTREAM.COM) INDICATES THAT AN INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY PRIVATE SKY AVIATION OF FT. MYERS, FL

REVEALED IMPROPER RIGGING OF MAIN LANDING GEAR BUNGEE CORD ATTACHED TO THE ANTI-ROTATION VALVE.

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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