- Date
- November 20, 1987, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4111PNorth American 500
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871120081889A
- Case key
- 32096
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a part 135 non-scheduled domestic passenger flt in VFR conditions, the plt landed the acft gear up. Operational check of the landing gear & warning horn revealed no failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4111P
- Reported as
- North American 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 638-4
- Airframe hours
- 10,067
- Engine
- Lycoming O-520, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Fajardo Air Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 16, 1987 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- MJVQ · Vieques, PR
- Airport
- SJU · Luiz Munoz Marin Int'L, runway 10, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,992 total · 47 in this make and model · 5,493 as pilot in command · 157 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4111P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.