# Incident 20000712033859I: Lear 35A, Las Vegas, NV, July 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CJPA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N261PG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N261PG-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,035 total, 1,320 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000712033859I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SMO AT 1905Z AND CLIMBED TO FL370 CRUISE ALT ENROUTE TO APA. APPROX 15 MINUTES LATER A PAX CAME FORWARD AND INFORMED THE PIC THAT THERE WAS SMOKE AND FUMES COMING FROM THE LEATHER PADDING ON THE L/H CABIN SIDEWALL.  PIC INSPECTED AND CONFIRMED PRESENCE OF SMOKE AND FUMES, THEN DIVERTED TO LAS WITH UNEVENTFUL LANDING, AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO PARKING AND OFF LOADED PAX.  LAS FIRE DEPT PERSONNEL BOARDED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND CARPET ON L/H CABIN SIDEWALLL AT THE WING L/E ROOT AREA SCORCHED AND THE SIDEWALL INSULATION WITH SIGNS OF  OVERHEAT DAMAGE.  MAINT FOUND TORN/BROKEN GASKET AT EXIT DUCT THAT ROUTES BLEED AIR TO L/H WING FOR THE DEICE SYSTEM.  GASKET WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.  SYSTEM CHECKED GOOD.  MAINT SUBMITTED M OR D.

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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