N741QS performs flapless landing at Shannon

Gulftsream 200 N741QS performed a flapless landing at Shannon this evening. The aircraft msn 212 was scheduled to arrive at the airport from Tel Aviv at 14.25 utc this afternoon but on hand over to Approach Control the crew discovered a hydraulics problem which prevented the flaps being extended. After holding for over an hour in an attempt to rectify the problem the crew elected for a flapless landing having burnt off sufficient fuel to attempt the maneuver which was well inside the aircraft's flight envelope and Shannon's runway length.

At 15.46 utc the aircraft landed on R24 with the Airport Fire and Rescue Service in attendance. The crew did not declare an emergency, probably unsure of the call out charge !

N741QS was delivered through Shannon, via Halifax to the Gulfstream Completion Center in Dallas on October 10 last year as N612GA. The aircraft had been back to the Israel Aerospace factory in TA for rectification of an engine problem and was scheduled to return to the US via Shannon.

The aircraft is in Net Jets Colours but is still registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest so it is possible that the aircraft has yet to be handed over.

Pictured above at top, N741QS touches down on R24 and at bottom is seen on the runway with the Fire and Rescue service vehicles waiting on Taxiway Alpha.