# Incident 20010724028409I: Lear 35A, Denver, CO, July 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2001, 16:10 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: A8JA
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68QB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68QB-2016-09-26) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010724028409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 24, 2001, N68QB, A LEAR 35A LOST HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 35R AT APA. BRAKING POWER WAS LOST AS A RESULT AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO DEPLOY THE DRAG CHUTE. BOTH RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES RUPTURED. NO OTHER DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL INJURIES. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACT HOSE HAD BEEN LEAKING, CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID AND SUBSEQUENT SYSTEM FAILURE. THE HOSE WAS REPLACED. ADDITIONALLY THE HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS REPLACED DUE TO OPERATION WITH NO FLUID. COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FILED A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT.

## Other reports on N68QB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050416006069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050416006069I), Apr 16, 2005: Lear 35A (N68QB), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) Desk audit: on April 16, 2005, at approximately 1147 local time, a Learjet LR-35A, N68QB, conducted under 14 CFR part 135, by American jet international…

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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