47.5300° N, 122.3019° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 21, 1988 · 14:00 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Boeing Field-King County International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N23VG
Reported as
Lear 35A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total80 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Making high speed taxi test on new brakes. Overheated brakes blew tires and caused a fire in landing gear.
As the FAA filed it
MAKING HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST ON NEW BRAKES. OVERHEATED BRAKES BLEW TIRES AND CAUSED A FIRE IN LANDING GEAR.