- Date
- May 25, 1998, 20:12 local (May 26, 1998, 00:12 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N840VGulfstream American 690C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980525015619A
- Case key
- 38525
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Probable cause
the left main landing gear failed to extend due to a jammed link assembly.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight was on the downwind leg for landing at St. Simons Island when the pilot noticed a gear warning. The pilot elected to divert to Jacksonville. The airplane landed gear up, and came to a stop on an unfoamed runway. An examination of the airplane's landing gear revealed that the left main landing gear failed to extend because the link assembly had jammed against the gear-down lock. It was reported by the FAA that the airplane had just undergone a 5-year landing gear inspection, 22 hours before the accident.
Factual narrative
On May 25, 1998, about 2012 eastern daylight time, a Gulfstream Commander 690C, N840V, registered to KV Oil and Gas Inc., crashed on landing at the Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. The commercial pilot and three passengers reported no injuries. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight originated from Stewart, Florida, at 1630.
The flight was on the downwind leg for landing at St. Simons Island, Georgia, when the pilot noticed a gear warning that only two gears were down, and that the left main landing gear was still retracted. The pilot elected to divert to Jacksonville, and attempt a gear-up landing. Before diverting, he elected to climb to 7,000 feet to burn fuel, and talk to maintenance personnel at Jacksonville. The pilot cancelled his IFR clearance and flew VFR to Jacksonville. The airplane landed on its belly, and came to a stop on an unfoamed runway.
Examination of the airplane's landing gear revealed that the left main landing gear failed to extend because the link assembly had jammed against the gear-down lock. It was reported by the FAA that the airplane had just undergone a 5-year landing gear inspection, 22 hours before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N840V
- Reported as
- Gulfstream American 690C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11727
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-5-254, 718 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kv Oil & Gas Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SUA · Stuart, FL
- Destination
- SSI · St Simons Is., GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JAX · Jacksonville Int., runway 25, 10,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,500 total · 621 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX
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 N840V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.