# Incident 19971024038659I: Lear 24B, Portland, ME, October 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1997, 21:40 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland International Jetport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IRGA
- Location: 43.6456° N, 70.3086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6456&lon=-70.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N196CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N196CF-2006-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 24B (registry code 5170306, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-24b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-SER series (registry code 30006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 24B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,840 total, 1,907 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971024038659I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON TAKEOFF ON RWY 11, AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED NORMALLY UNTIL AFTER THE 80 KIAS THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT ONE OR BOTH RIGHT MAIN TIRES HAD BLOWN. ABORTED TAKEOFF WAS MADE WITH IDLE THRUST LEVERS, MAX BRAKING, SPOILERS EXT. AND REVERSERS DEPLOYED. LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT INTO GRASS AND CAME TO A STOP BACK ON THE RUNWAY AT THE INTERSECTION. ONE R/W LT. HIT. REPAIRS MADE TO AIRCRAFT AT PWM, A/C LG SWING AND TEST FLT. PERFORMED. AIRCRAFT FLOWN TO HOME BASE FOR FURTHER MAINT. AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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