# Incident 19960730032289I: Lear 24, Little Rock, AR, July 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1996, 00:30 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HAEA
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333TW-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 24 (registry code 5170302, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-SER series (registry code 30006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 24
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 50 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960730032289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: LR24, S/N 168, N333TW, ON 07/30/96 AT 1240AM USING THE CALL SIGN CHECKMATE 545, TAXIED TO RUNWAY 22L. RECEIVED CLEARANCE FOR TAKEOFF, AT 120 KNOTS AT V1, SAW COYOTE RUNNING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON RUNWAY, WHEN LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK AND KILLED COYOTE AS ROTATION BEGAN. DIRECTION CONTROL WAS SATISFACTORY. PILOT HEARD NOISE AND RETURNED TO LIT, NO FIRE, NO INJURIES, AND LEFT GEAR DOOR MISSING. FIRE AND RESCUE FOUND DEAD COYOTE AND LEFT OUTBOARD MAIN GEAR DOOR. COYOTE RAN INTO PATH OF AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF.

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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