# Accident 20210821016989A: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, Fort Lauderdale, FL, August 21, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2021, 13:00 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1986° N, 80.1654° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1986&lon=-80.1654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277GM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N277GM-2024-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV (registry code 3980115, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-g-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TAY MK 610-8 (registry code 54556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-mk-610-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE G-IV
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC TAY MK 610-8
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,053 total, 3,120 in this make and model, 171 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA336) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210821016989A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 21, 2021 AT 5:40 PM, AIRCRAFT N277GM, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 9 AT KFXE, AS AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED DOWN RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 9 AND 13, CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM THE GEAR AND THEN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID OFF RUNWAY 9, EAST OF TAXIWAY NOVEMBER, AND COME TO A STOP JUST EAST OF TAXIWAY DELTA SOUTH OF RUNWAY 9.

FAA INVESTIGATION TEAM:

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## 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 ERA21LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA336), Aug 21, 2021: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV (N277GM), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command’s (PIC) and second-in-command’s (SIC) failure during preflight inspection to ensure that the nose landing gear’s pip pin was properly installed, which resulted in separation of…

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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