# Incident 20020522013479I: Lear 35A, Van Nuys, CA, May 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2002, 14:55 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EXOA
- 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: N32HJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 4,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020522013479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND TO VNY, CREW NOTICED THAT THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS A LITTLE LOW DURING DESCENT. WHEN THEY SELECTED THE FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR DOWN, THE FLAPS EXTENDED AS DID THE MAIN GEAR BUT THE NOSE DID NOT SHOW A GREEN LIGHT. THEY DID A FLY BY THE TOWER AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL UP. THEY EXITED THE PATTERN AND FOLLOWED THE CHECK LIST, AND USED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR DOWN PROCEDURES, THE NOSE GEAR THEN EXTENDED AND NOW THEY HAD THREE GREEN DOWN LIGHTS AND TWO MAIN GEAR RED LIGHTS BECAUSE THE INNER GEAR DOORS WERE STILL OPEN. AS THEY LANDED THEY GOT BRAKING ACTION FOR 300-400 FEET THEN DID NOT HAVE NORMAL BRAKING AT ALL, THEY SELECTED EMERGENCY BRAKES WHICH DOES NOT HAVE ANTI-SKID PROTECTION, AND ALL FOUR TIRES BELOW, THE AIRCRAFT STAYED STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED WITH 1/3 OF THE RUNWAY REMAINING. OTHER THAN A HYDRAULIC LEAK (WHICH IS WHY THEY LOST HYD. PRESSURE IN THE FIRST PLACE), FOUR TIRES, WHEEL, AND BRAKES THERE WAS NO DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

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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