Sat, Nov 26, 2005
While the sight of a
Gulfstream V circling Portland with one gear stuck up captivated
the national news services until they realized that no crash was to
take place, it's the details that most concern those of us in the
aviation community. The NTSB Prelim sheds a little more light on
the incident and the excellent crew/Gulfstream coordination that
turned this media-event into a non-event.
NTSB Identification: SEA06IA019
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Incident occurred Monday, November 21, 2005 in Hillsboro, OR
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-5, registration: N225GV
Injuries: 7 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may
contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when
the final report has been completed.
On November 21, 2005, at approximately 0600 Pacific standard
time, a Gulfstream Aerospace, G-5 (file photo, below), N225GV, was
not damaged following a right main landing gear door sequencing
failure near Portland-Hillsboro Airport (KHIO), Hillsboro, Oregon.
The airline transport pilot, the airline transport co-pilot, the
cabin attendant, and four passengers were not injured. Nike Inc.
was operating the flight under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual
meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country business
flight which was originating at the time of the event. An IFR
flight plan had been activated.
The pilot said that as they raised the landing gear on the
initial takeoff, the right main gear door did not retract. He said
that the checklist instructed him to cycle the landing gear; when
he cycled the landing gear, the right main became jammed in the
half down position. The pilot performed a low fly-by, and
maintenance personnel on the ground photographed the bottom of the
airplane. Gulfstream Aerospace engineers reviewed the photograph
and advised the pilot in how to extend the landing gear. Six hours
and ten minutes after takeoff, the airplane landed
successfully.
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