# NTSB MIA86LA087: Gulfstream 500S, Opa Locka, FL, February 28, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 28, 1986, 18:58 local (23:58 UTC)
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Coordinates: 25.910449, -80.269081 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9104&lon=-80.2691&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31581
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31581/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA087

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, climb
  - landing gear - undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT UPON DEPARTURE FROM OPA LOCKA, FL HE HAD A PROBLEM WHEN HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. UPON RETURNING TO THE ARPT, THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND SO HE ELECTED TO LAND WITH THE GEAR UP ALONG SIDE OF RWY 36. THE ACFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND AN AUX HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS CONNECTED. THE GEAR EXTENDED AND RETRACTED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES. BOTH ENG DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMPS AND THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PWR PACK WERE REMOVED AND ALL UNITS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY WHEN TESTED. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM MALFUNCTION AS DESCRIBED BY THE PLT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: 6YJHV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Gulfstream 500S
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3101
- Airframe hours: 3088
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-E1B5 290 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Wings Jamaica Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 22, 1985, 4 hours before
- Destination: MKJK, KINGSTON, OF
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,466 total, 124 in this make and model, 1,406 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OPF

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.

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