# Incident 20021025031399I: Lear 55C, Omaha, NE, October 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2002, 10:30 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CDNA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N139ST (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 55C
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021025031399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 25, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1030 CDT, LEAR 55C, N139ST, DEPARTED EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NE, UNDER EAST COAST JETS CHARTER FLIGHT ECJ39 WIH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF ABERDEEN, SD. SHORTLY FOLLOWING TAKEOFF, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED A LOUD BANG IN THE AREA OF THE NOSE WHEEL WELL. THE FLIGHT CREW NOTIFIED ATC AND RETURNED TO EPPLEY AIRFIELD. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION ESTABLISHED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT SEAL HAD FAILED. THE NOSE GEAR WAS RESEALED (KIT NO. 2394205-003), OPERATIONALLY TESTED AND APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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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