# Accident 20190309001089A: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, Chamblee, GA, March 9, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2019, 15:43 local time
- Place: Chamblee, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WHSJ
- Location: 33.8728° N, 84.3006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8728&lon=-84.3006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505GF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505GF-2019-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV (registry code 3980115, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-g-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TAY-611SER (registry code 54561, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-611ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE G-IV
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC TAY 611SER
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,920 total, 125 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19TA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190309001089A

## Narrative

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

MARCH 9, 2019 N505GF A GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP. G-IV S/N: 1275 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING TOUCHDOWN JUST SHORT OF RUNWAY 34 AT DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT (PDK) CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA. 2 FLIGHT CREW AND 12 PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.

RUNWAY 03R/21L SOUTHWEST 300 CLOSED UNTIL 2100Z THE FLIGHT CREW ARRIVED INTO ATLANTA AIRSPACE APPROXIMATELY 2020Z. THE FLIGHT CREW REQUESTED TO HOLD AT JUDYY INTERSECTION TO SEE IF 21L WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE FLIGHT CREW DECIDED TO PREPARE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34. THE LANDING INPUT PAGE WAS UPDATED ON THE FMS THE DATA PUBLISHED A ROUGHLY 2800 FOOT LANDING DISTANCE AND A REF OF 132 KNOTS AT THE CURRENT LANDING WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT. RUNWAY 34 IS 3967 FEET, THE OPERATOR HAD A POLICY AND PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 34.

THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED RUNWAY 34 AND THE MAIN TWO WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 18 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON THE DIRT. THE AIRCRAFT TRANSITIONED FROM THE DIRT JUST PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY TO THE PAVEMENT. THE DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT BETWEEN THE DIRT AND THE PAVEMENT WAS 5? VERTICAL RISE THE LEFT MAIN TIRES ENCOUNTERED, WITH THE PAVEMENT BEING HIGHER AND 4? VERTICAL RISE THE RIGHT MAIN TIRES ENCOUNTERED.

THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED WHAT FELT LIKE A HARDER THAN NORMAL LANDING. THE REMAINDER OF THE LANDING AND ROLLOUT WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND PASSENGERS AND CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED IN THE HANGAR. THE FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED THE POST FLIGHT VISUAL WALK AROUND AND DID NOT NOTICE DAMAGE.

SUNDAY 03/10/2019, THE PILOT DISCUSSED WITH THE COPILOT THE LANDING AND WANTED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT MONDAY MORNING. DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. A HARD LANDING INSPECTION WAS SCHEDULED WITH THE LOCAL MAINTENANCE PROVIDER FOR THAT MORNING 03/11/2019. THE MAINTENANCE PROVIDER INFORMED THE OPERATOR GULFSTREAM SHOULD BE CONTACTED.

GULFSTREAM TECHNICAL SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE ARRIVED TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. THE FAA WAS LATER NOTIFIED.

## 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 ERA19TA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA122), Mar 9, 2019: Gulfstream GIV (N505GF), Chamblee, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s incorrect glidepath and flare to landing, which resulted in a landing area undershoot and the main landing gear’s collision with the runway threshold.

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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