# Incident 19981029043019I: Lear 31A, Austin, TX, October 29, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1998, 16:56 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Robert Mueller Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: J7SA
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120FX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 31A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE731*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981029043019I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON OCTOBER 29, 1998, AT 4:12 PM, PIC MARK F. HONISH OF BUSINESS JET SOLUTIONS, INC. DEPARTED A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP (OXS7), DESTINATION, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, (GGG). THIS FLIGHT, CONDUCTED FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES, INCLUDED F/O JEFF ENGEL AND PASSENGER MR. FRENCH.  THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED, A LEAR JET 31A, SN. 173, WAS DIVERTED TO AUSTIN, TEXAS DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN.  AFTER TAKOFF FORM (OXS7), DURING CLIMB OUT, IT WAS NOTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN, ORIGIN UNKNOWN.  A SQUEALING SOUND WAS ALSO NOTED IN THE REAR OF THE CABIN.  AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN IN THE EVENT OF A WHEEL WELL FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO ROBERT MUELLER MUNICIPAL (AUS), AUSTIN, TEXAS, LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO NEVITT AIRCRAFT INC. OF AUSTIN, TEXAS AND INSPECTED.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT INBORAD BRAKE HAD FAILED.  AN INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE REVEALED A RETURN SPRING MISSING AND LOOSE AND MISSING HARDWARE TO THE BRAKE.  NO FIRE INDICATIONS WERE NOTED, HOWEVER, THERE WAS HEAT DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES.  THE RIGHT INBOARD BRAKE AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES WERE REPLACED AND THE SYSTEM TESTED BY MR. STEVEN  V. HENRY (A&P # 432254017) AFTER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. MARK ADAMS OF BUSINESS JET SOLUTIONS, PROVIDED TO THIS OFFICE A COPY OF THE AIRCRAFT LOG PAGE, PILOT STATEMENT, AND THE SUBMITTED MALFUNCITON OR DEFECT REPORT.  REASON FOR THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED.

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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