Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Opa Locka, Florida 33054
Friday, February 28, 1986 18:58 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 2/28/1986
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1858
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City OPA LOCKA
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 33054
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 2
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1848 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID OPF
Elevation of weather observation facility 10
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 10000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 3500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 19
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 16
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 350
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 500
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 6027
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Feb 28 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2055
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 30605
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number 6YJHV
NTSB Number MIA86LA087
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Gulfstream
Aircraft Model 500S
Aircraft Series Identifier 500S
Aircraft Serial Number 3101
Certified Max Gross Weight 6750
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class Foreign Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 8
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Aug 22 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 4
Airframe Hours 3088
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name WINGS JAMAICA LTD
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 380
Aircraft Owner City KINGSTON
Aircraft Owner State OF
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1745
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code MKJK
Destination City KINGSTON
Destination State OF
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Feb 16 2001 12:38PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --