19891211063349I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Phoenix, AZ · December 11, 1989

Date
December 11, 1989 · 16:19 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N496SW
Reported as
Lear 35A
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,500 total700 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.

Nose gear unsafe light came on while taxiing. Gear collapsed. Selector valve flow restricted by metal chip.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE TAXIING. GEAR COLLAPSED. SELECTOR VALVE FLOW RESTRICTED BY METAL CHIP.