# Incident 20020814020789I: Lear 25B, Nashville, TN, August 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2002, 09:00 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PISA
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350JH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N350JH-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 25B (registry code 5170511, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-SER series (registry code 30006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25B
- Reported engine: GE CJ610*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020814020789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS EXECUTING A NORMAL TAKEOFF. APPROACHING V-ROTATION SPEED (APPROX. 120-125 KNOTS) PILOT SAYS HE HEARD A LOUD CRACK LIKE A RIFLE SHOT THEN A LOUD BOOM. AIRCRAFT TIRED TO SWERVE LEFT AND PILOT REALIZED THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS NO LONGER RUNNING. PILOT WAS ABLE TO KEEP AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTROL AND STOP AIRCRAFT BY THE END OF RUNWAY. UPON STOPPING, HE CLEANED UP THE RIGHT ENGINE BY TURNING FUEL AND GENERATOR OFF THEN REQUESTED TO TAXI TO THE RAMP. PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT TO NASHVILLE JET CENTER WHERE HE SHUT NUMBER TWO ENGINE DOWN. MY VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE REVEALED COMPLETE FAILURE OF ALL VISIBLE COMPRESSOR DISCS. THE GUIDE VANES WERE ALL BROKEN FROM THE BACK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE WHICH HAD VISIBLE DAMAGE ON THE FRONT. THE VANE WITH DAMAGE TO THE FRONT WAS SITUATED AT THE 5 O'CLOCK POSITION AS YOU ARE LOOKING INTO THE ENGINE INLET. THE MAJORITY OF THE FAILED BLADE AND DISK DEBRIS WAS THROWN BACK OUT THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE AND WAS RESTING IN THE INLET. THERE WERE SOME MINOR METAL PARTICLES ON THE TAIL PIPE WHICH HAD COME THROUGH THE ENGINE. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. ^PRIVACY^^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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