# Incident 19951217046459I: Lear 55LEAR, Philadelphia, PA, December 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1995, 19:44 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DJFA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38JA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 55LEAR
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,068 total, 156 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951217046459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING THE DEPARTURE ROLL, AIRCRAFT RAN OFF LEFT SHOULDER OF R/W 35 APPROXIMATELY 400 FT. FROM THE APPROACH END OF THAT RUNWAY AND STRIKING A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT NORTH OF INTERSECTING RW 27R WITH THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY. INITIAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE WHEEL TRACKS FROM THIS POINT BY THE ON-DUTY OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD CONTINUED TO VEER LEFT, COMPLETELY OFF THE HARD SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 700 FT. INTO THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, CROSSING THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY, THROUGH A SOD AREA AND ACROSS TAXI WAY KILO TO ITS FINAL RESTING PLACE, APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT. FROM THE APPROACH END OF R/W 35. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE CREW OR PASSENGERS. A REVIEW OF PHL ATCT VOICE TAPES DID NOT REVEAL ANY PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH AIR TRAFFIC DIRECTIVES, EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL OR COMMUNICATIONS. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE VFR WITH WINDS FAVORING R/W 35. RUNWAY SURFACE CONDITIONS WERE DRY. A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE CREW, INDICATED THAT THE NOSE TIRE WAS FLAT. THIS INFORMATION WAS THEN PASSED ON TO ATC. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE FBO WHERE COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL NOTED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK, TRUNION AND AXLE ASSEMBLIES WHICH WERE BENT. THE PILOT INDICATED IN THE AIRCRAFT DISCREPANCY LOG THAT THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE FOLLOWING REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF ALL DAMAGED COMPONENTS, ACCOMPLISHMENT OF MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED INSPECTIONS FOR HARD LANDING INSPECTION, BOROSCOPE INSPECTION OF BOTH ENGINES AND EDDY CURRENT INSPECTIONS OF ALL MAIN GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLIES. ADDITIONALLY, ALL NOSE WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND TESTED BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR PROPER OPERATION THEN REINSTALLED, WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FURTHER TESTED DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI AND POWER ASSURANCE RUN-UP CHECKS, WHICH WERE FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. NO DISCERNING MECHANICAL OR AIRWORTHINESS DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AIRCRAFT WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE COORDINATED INVESTIGATION WITH THE ROC FSDO EITHER THROUGH VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND RELATED COMPONENTS OR THROUGH A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS. THE PILOT, WAS REQUESTED TO BE RE-EXAMINED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF U.S.C. SECTION 44709 FOR COMPETENCY TO PERFORM AS A RATED PIC IN LEARJET LR-55 EQUIPMENT. HIS SUBSEQUENT RE-EXAMINATION RESULTED IN A SATISFACTORY APPRAISAL OF THE AIRMAN. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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