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| Date: | Friday 28 April 2017 |
| Time: | 18:01 |
| Type: |  IAI 1124 Westwind |
| Owner/operator: | Pilot Leasing Inc |
| Registration: | N4WG |
| MSN: | 200 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Sarasota/Bradenton International (KSRQ), FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Goldson Int'l (BZE/MZBZ), Belize |
| Tampa Int'l (KTPA) | |
| Investigating agency: | FAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft experienced a loss of the left main landing gear wheel on departure from the Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport (BZE/MZBZ) in Belize and diverted to Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport (KSRQ), Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida, where a successful landing was accomplished. The aircraft sustained unreported damage and the four occupants were uninjured.
Sources:
http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article147509144.html#storylink=cpy
http://www.wfla.com/2017/04/28/emergency-landing-in-progress-at-sarasota-bradenton-international-airport/_
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N4WG
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4WG
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-39755281/tense-moment-plane-lands-without-wheel
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 November 1985 | N4WG | Wyman Gordon Co. | 0 | Worcester, MA | |
sub |
Location
Media:
Jet missing main gear wheel lands at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 bizjet. No injuries 📷WFLA pic.twitter.com/McfdLq0mSF
— Tom Podolec (@TomPodolec) 28 april 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 29-Apr-2017 05:02 | Geno | Added |
| 29-Apr-2017 07:46 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 29-Apr-2017 07:57 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 29-Apr-2017 16:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Aug-2018 07:58 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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