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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 25B · Juneau, AK · February 17, 2003

Date: February 17, 2003 · 11:00 local
Place: Juneau, AK
Airport: Juneau International
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: L2MA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N20NW
Reported as: Lear 25B
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 21,810 total

N20NWRegistration cancelled May 21, 2007 · Gates Lear Jet 25BS/N 096 Airframe modelGates Lear Jet 25B

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) N20NW while departing sitka AK crew believed they had blown a tire. Diverted to Juneau, AK landed w/o further incident. The lmg inboard tire had lost the tread. The lmg outboard tire appeared normal and the aircraft taxied off the runway, to the ramp area without incident. Crew contacted company maintenance and arranged to have the tire replaced in Juneau with a servicable unit. Tire was replaced with a servicable unit prior to departing Juneau. On the take-off roll departing Juneau both lmg tires blew out crew aborted the take-off - aircraft towed off the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N20NW WHILE DEPARTING SITKA AK CREW BELIEVED THEY HAD BLOWN A TIRE. DIVERTED TO JUNEAU, AK LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. THE LMG INBOARD TIRE HAD LOST THE TREAD. THE LMG OUTBOARD TIRE APPEARED NORMAL AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY, TO THE RAMP AREA WITHOUT INCIDENT. CREW CONTACTED COMPANY MAINTENANCE AND ARRANGED TO HAVE THE TIRE REPLACED IN JUNEAU WITH A SERVICABLE UNIT. TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICABLE UNIT PRIOR TO DEPARTING JUNEAU. ON THE TAKE-OFF ROLL DEPARTING JUNEAU BOTH LMG TIRES BLEW OUT CREW ABORTED THE TAKE-OFF - AIRCRAFT TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY.