# Incident 20021102030899I: Lear 35A, Rifle, CO, November 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2002, 15:15 local time
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Garfield County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PKCA
- Location: 39.5263° N, 107.7270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5263&lon=-107.7270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40PK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40PK-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021102030899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON LANDING AT RIFLE, CO, ON RUNWAY 26, THE HIGH PRESSURE HYRAULIC LINE FROM THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES AND COMPLETE HYDRAULIC FAILURE. THE PILOT STATES HE TURNED ON THE STANDBY HYDRAULIC PUMP AND DEPLOYED THE EMERGENCY PARACHUTE. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE DIRT OVERRUN. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, OTHER THAN THE FAILED HYDRAULIC LINE. NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER OR CREW. UPON EXAMINATION, THERE WAS A ONE INCH CRACK IN THE HYDRAULIC LINE WHICH LED TO A COMPLETE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. PK AIR CHARTER, THE OPERATOR OF THE AIRCRAFT STATES THE CRACK WAS DUE TO AGE, VIBRATION, AND FATIGUE OF THE HYDRAULIC LINE.

## Other reports on N40PK (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20091010020369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091010020369I), Oct 10, 2009: Lear 35A (N40PK), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. On October 10, 2009, at approximately 0035 eastern time, a gates Learjet 35A, operated by medway air ambulance incorporated (Y6WA) under 14 CFR part 135, flew…
- [Incident 20090127002839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090127002839I), Jan 27, 2009: Lear 35A (N40PK), Lawrenceville, GA, Minor damage. On the night of January 27, 2009 my first officer, [privacy data omitted] and I, [privacy data omitted], returned from orl. The reported weather was three…
- [Incident 19880623029329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880623029329I), Jun 23, 1988: Lear 35A (N40PK), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Pilot had a red unsafe right main gear light after takeoff. Dumped fuel. Returned. Had blown main gear tire.

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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