# Incident 20010703020409I: Lear 25D, Van Nuys, CA, July 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2001, 11:27 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234SV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010703020409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) RECEIVED GENERAL AVIATION INCIDENT REPORT FROM ZLA FOR N234SV A LEAR 25-D. AIRCRAFT IS OPERATED BY VALLEY SERVICES OF SUN VALLY IDAHO. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE VNY AIRPORT AND WAS CLEARED TO CLIMB TO FL 280. AT 27,500 THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE RIGHT ESSENTIAL BUSS AND THE BUSS TIE BREAKER POPPED. THE CREW LOST COMMUNICATIONS AND THE INSTRUMENTS ON THE CO-PILOT SIDE. THE CREW REFERENCED THE CHECKLIST AND RESET THE BREAKERS AS PER THE MANUAL.  ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER THE BREAKERS FAILED A SECOND TIME SO THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO VAN NUYS. CREW ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY POWER SYSTEM AND MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING AT VNY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ELAPSED TIME FROM FIRST FAILURE TO LANDING WAS 12 MINUTES. 07/17/2001 CO-PILOT REPORTED THAT MAINTENANCE CREW FOUND LOOSE WIRES IN THE MAIN ELECTRICAL PANEL. THE WIRES WERE TIGHTENED UP AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TEST FLOWN WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.

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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