Tuesday, July 06, 2021

IAI 1126 Galaxy, N143CB: Incident occurred July 03, 2021 at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (KASE), Colorado

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Denver, Colorado

Aircraft landed with all tires blown and skidded down runway on rims. 

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Date: 03-JUL-21
Time: 20:49:00Z
Regis#: N143CB
Aircraft Make: ISRAEL AIRCRAFT
Aircraft Model: GALAXY
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: MINOR
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: TAKEOFF (TOF)
Operation: 91
City: ASPEN
State: COLORADO

7 comments:

  1. All tires blew?

    https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N143CB/history/20210703/1945Z/KVNY/KASE

    Galaxy is a Gulfstream subsidiary.

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    1. ^^Israeli Aircraft Industries design and build back in 2001. Gulfstream had nothing to do with the design or build when this 2001 Galaxy model was built right around the buyout (that would be unchanged with the later Gulfstream 100 and 200 series). Gulfstream didn't get really involved with the design phase of the Galaxy line until their successor's all-new G280 series. Just to keep things clear.

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  2. No way they would have flown form Van Nuys to Aspen with blown tires. Flightaware link above shows they circled to land. Guessing they botched the landing and dropped it in blowing the mains.

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    1. Found this from the local newspaper:

      A private plane’s rough landing at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport on Saturday afternoon caused a nearly two-hour closure of the airport.

      “It was just a hard landing that’s all it was,” said Dan Bartholomew, Aspen-Pitkin County airport director.

      The rough landing occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m., according to Caroline Bonynge, director of operations for Aspen-Pitkin County Airport.

      “[The airport was] back open at about 6:10 p.m.,” and the plane involved in the incident was a Gulfstream II, said Bonynge.

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    2. Serious inspection required if all tires blew on overload, way beyond just having three struts bottom out.

      VIP passengers probably will remember that trip to Aspen.

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  3. Did somebody throw nails on the runway? I've seen a blown nose wheel but never at the same time as the mains.

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    1. Yeah - a botched flair where it flat landed on mains and nose at the same time. Often this winds up being a bounce and over-control which results in a crash. That is exactly what happened at this airport with a Canadair Challenger 601 back in 2014.

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