19961009037759I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 25B · Pittsburgh, PA · October 9, 1996

Date: October 9, 1996 · 16:00 local
Place: Pittsburgh, PA
Airport: Allegheny County
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: BBCA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N67HB
Reported as: Lear 25B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total5,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N67HBRegistration cancelled Dec 12, 2008 · Gates Lear Jet 25BS/N 189 · Built 1975 Airframe modelGates Lear Jet 25B Engine modelGE CJ610-SER seriesTurbo-jet

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.

Narrative: pilot stated that aircraft veered off runway to the left on landing. Aircraft sustained minor damage; flight crew was not injured. Inspection of aircraft revealed that the nose gear strut lost its air charge. As a result, when the landing gear was placed in the down and locked position the nose gear wheel assembly did not align with the direction of flight. This is due to the fact that the strut assy must have an adequate air charge to extend and center the wheel assy. Submission of this report completes this investigation.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY TO THE LEFT ON LANDING. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE; FLIGHT CREW WAS NOT INJURED. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR STRUT LOST ITS AIR CHARGE. AS A RESULT, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY DID NOT ALIGN WITH THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE STRUT ASSY MUST HAVE AN ADEQUATE AIR CHARGE TO EXTEND AND CENTER THE WHEEL ASSY. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT COMPLETES THIS INVESTIGATION.