# Incident 19930328011209I: Lear 55LEAR, Middletown, PA, March 28, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1993, 14:10 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52CT-2011-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 55B (registry code 5170705, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-55b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 55LEAR
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930328011209I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOUD BANG ON CLIMB. RIGHT ENGINE SEIZED. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N52CT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860616031779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860616031779I), Jun 16, 1986: Lear 25D (N52CT), Syracuse, NY. Unsafe nose gear indication on approach. Safe landing. Found bulb in indicator had failed.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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