Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Zurich Swaziland
Friday, June 1, 2007 20:54 UTC

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On June 1, 2007, at 2054 UTC, a Gulfstream, G-V, Swiss registered HB-IMJ, operated by G5 Executive AG, sustained minor damage during a nosewheel up landing at the Zurich/Kloten Airport (LSZH), Kloten, Switzerland. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident. The four crew members and five passengers on board the airplane were not injured. The business flight originated at Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and was en route to LSZH. The flight crew reported that during the approach for landing the nosewheel got stuck in the up position. The crew executed a go-around and began trouble-shooting the problem. When the all efforts to lower the nosewheel failed, the crew declared an emergency and performed a nosewheel up landing on runway 14 at Zurich. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Swiss Government. any further information may be obtained from: Buro fur Flugenfalluntersuchungen BFU Bureau d'enquete sur les accidents d'aviation BEAA Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau AAIB Bundeshaus Nord 3003 Berne Switzerland This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from the AAIB of Switzerland.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/1/2007
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 2054
Event Time Zone Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Event City Zurich
Event State UNKNOWN
Event Country SWAZILAND
Zipcode of the event site 00000
Event Date Year 2007
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 472732N
Event Location Longitude 0085222E
Event Location Airport --
Event Location Nearest Airport ID --
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport --
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID LSZH
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Unknown
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 4
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 11
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 10
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 203
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 9
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.04
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 9
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source Swiss AAIB
NTSB Notification Date Jun 1 2007 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Jun 26 2007 1:30PM
User who most recently changed record ntsb\Administrator
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Swiss AAIB

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number DEN07WA106
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
Type of Flight Plan filed Unknown
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Minor
Aircraft Fire --
Aircraft Explosion --
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Gulfstream Aerospace
Aircraft Model G-V
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number --
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines --
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed --
ELT Activated --
ELT Aided Location of Event Site --
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name --
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City --
Aircraft Owner State --
Aircraft Owner Country --
Aircraft Owner Zipcode --
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? --
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? --
Operator Street Address CH-6300
Operator City Zug
Operator State UN
Operator Country SZ
Operator Zip code 00000
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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) Business
Second Pilot on Board --
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code EHRD
Departure City Rotterdam
Departure State UN
Departure Country NL
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone --
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code LSZH
Destination City Zurich
Destination State UN
Destination Country SZ
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jun 26 2007 1:22PM
User who most recently changed record BOWL
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --