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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 25B · Little Rock, AR · October 22, 2002

Date
October 22, 2002 · 02:31 local
Place
Little Rock, AR
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ESUA
Aircraft
N425JL
Reported as
Lear 25B
Reported engine
GE CJ6106

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On October 22, 2002, at 0231CDT, LR-25-B, N425JL, diverted from its intended destination due to the left engine losing engine oil pressure (the pilot secured the engine in flight). At nearly the same time the hydraulic system developed a leak not associated with the engine oil pressure problem. The aircraft lost its hydraulic pressure, therefore the pilot used the emergency brake system upon landing and the aircraft lost directional control upon rollout and crossed a grassy area without damage to the aircraft. The passenger and crew were not injured. The aircraft was being operated as an air ambulance flight under 14 CFR part 135 at the time. The flight originated at fort lauderdale, Florida with a destination of pocatello, Idaho. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an IFR flight plan had been filed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON OCTOBER 22, 2002, AT 0231CDT, LR-25-B, N425JL, DIVERTED FROM ITS INTENDED DESTINATION DUE TO THE LEFT ENGINE LOSING ENGINE OIL PRESSURE (THE PILOT SECURED THE ENGINE IN FLIGHT). AT NEARLY THE SAME TIME THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM DEVELOPED A LEAK NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT LOST ITS HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, THEREFORE THE PILOT USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM UPON LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL UPON ROLLOUT AND CROSSED A GRASSY AREA WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PASSENGER AND CREW WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS AN AIR AMBULANCE FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 135 AT THE TIME. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA WITH A DESTINATION OF POCATELLO, IDAHO. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.