What happened
On 30 July 2025, a privately registered Hawker 850XP, operating as flight RVJ850, arrived at Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport from Pittsburgh International Airport, Pennsylvania. The aircraft was operated by a crew of two.
Upon touchdown on the runway, the nose landing gear made contact, at which point the left main landing gear began to vibrate and shimmy intensely, accompanied by a loud noise. During the landing rollout, the bottom of the left main landing gear strut suffered a fracture. This failure caused the wheels and the chrome oleo strut to separate from the main assembly.
Initially, the flight crew was unaware of the structural failure, assuming the vibrations and noise were the result of a blown tire. However, as the aircraft decelerated, the crew encountered increasing difficulty with directional control. After receiving instructions from air traffic control to exit the runway quickly, the aircraft attempted a turn onto another runway. During this maneuver, the captain observed that the left wing tip was dragging along the runway surface.
The investigation
The TSB investigation focused on the sequence of events following the initial contact of the nose gear with the runway and the subsequent mechanical failure of the landing gear assembly. Emergency services, including airport rescue and firefighting, responded to the scene. There were no injuries reported following the incident.