# Accident 20180426000309A: Gulfstream Am Corp Comm Div 695A, Bishop, CA, April 26, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2018, 12:55 local time
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3731° N, 118.3636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3731&lon=-118.3636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream AM Corp Comm Div 695A (registry code 3970411, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-am-corp-comm-div-695a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AM CORP COMM DIV 695A
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,636 total, 1,539 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180426000309A

## Narrative

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

N79PH A TURBO COMMANDER EXPERIENCED A COLLASPED  LEFT MAIN GEAR DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 12 AT BISHOP CALIFORNIA AIRPORT (BIH).

AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF RUNWAY 12 WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

BIH WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH A SLIGHT QUARTERING CROSSWIND AT 15 KNOTS WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER GUSTS.

NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## 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 WPR18LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA129), Apr 26, 2018: Gulfstream AM Corp Comm Div 695A (N79PH), Bishop, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear upper arm forging due to fatigue cracking and subsequent overstress, which resulted in the collapse of the landing gear during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N79PH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20011129034869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011129034869I), Nov 29, 2001: Gulstm 695A (N79PH), South Bend, IN. (-23) Aircraft was climbing out of FL180 to FL210 when windshield on pilots side cracked. The pilot declared an emergency with ATC and landed at sbn airport…

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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