20020313003659I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 25B · Salt Lake City, UT · March 13, 2002

Date: March 13, 2002 · 11:26 local
Place: Salt Lake City, UT
Airport: Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N118MB
Reported as: Lear 25B
Reported engine: GE CJ6106
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total4,000 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) Landing gear retraction gave unsafe warning. Crew returned for landing immediately. Upon nose wheel touchdown aircraft slowly drifted left of centerline, while crew attempted to correct with right brake without response. Nose wheel steering continued in left turn as aircraft slowed it departed left side of runway hitting a runway lite and coming to a stop approximately 15 feet off the side of runway 35. After retrieval of aircraft to runway the nose steering would not turn back to center until aircraft was lifted to take weight off of nose strut, then it centered on its own. Nose wheel tire left 3000 ft mark indicating it was skidding sideways as aircraft decellerated during landing. Right brake was still smoking when FAA arrived on scene. Inspection of nose wheel well area revealed black tire mark from tire during retraction.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) LANDING GEAR RETRACTION GAVE UNSAFE WARNING. CREW RETURNED FOR LANDING IMMEDIATELY. UPON NOSE WHEEL TOUCHDOWN AIRCRAFT SLOWLY DRIFTED LEFT OF CENTERLINE, WHILE CREW ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH RIGHT BRAKE WITHOUT RESPONSE. NOSE WHEEL STEERING CONTINUED IN LEFT TURN AS AIRCRAFT SLOWED IT DEPARTED LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY HITTING A RUNWAY LITE AND COMING TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET OFF THE SIDE OF RUNWAY 35. AFTER RETRIEVAL OF AIRCRAFT TO RUNWAY THE NOSE STEERING WOULD NOT TURN BACK TO CENTER UNTIL AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED TO TAKE WEIGHT OFF OF NOSE STRUT, THEN IT CENTERED ON ITS OWN. NOSE WHEEL TIRE LEFT 3000 FT MARK INDICATING IT WAS SKIDDING SIDEWAYS AS AIRCRAFT DECELLERATED DURING LANDING. RIGHT BRAKE WAS STILL SMOKING WHEN FAA ARRIVED ON SCENE. INSPECTION OF NOSE WHEEL WELL AREA REVEALED BLACK TIRE MARK FROM TIRE DURING RETRACTION.