# Incident 19990829033049I: Lear 35LEAR, Rapid City, SD, August 29, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1999, 11:10 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ESMA
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N178CP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N178CP-2017-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 35 (registry code 5170600, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Alliedsign TFE-731-2B (registry code 02502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/alliedsign-tfe-731-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35LEAR
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE7312B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,250 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990829033049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM CODY, WY, TO ATLANTA, GA, CLIMBING THROUGH 38,000 FT. FOR 41,000 WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, "WENT BANG." ENGINE VIBRATED UNTIL AIRSPEED WAS REDUCED ON FINAL APPROACH FOR RAPID CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT DAMAGE.  THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED AT ALLIED SIGNAL, AUGUSTA, GA.  FOD TO THE HOT SECTION WAS FOUND.

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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