# Incident 20030217003879I: Lear 25B, Juneau, AK, February 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Airport: Juneau International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: L2MA
- Location: 58.3547° N, 134.5785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JUNEAU INTL (JNU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3547&lon=-134.5785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20NW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20NW-2007-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 25B (registry code 5170511, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,810 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030217003879I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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