20030317011549I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Houston, TX · March 17, 2003

Date
March 17, 2003 · 09:00 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
William P Hobby Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
G2CA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8281
Reported as
Lear 35A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0

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 17 mar 2003 at 0900C, a Lear 35A, s/n 35A-232 registered as N8281, was being operated as global air charter (G2CA) reported a fire in the aft equipment compartment during taxi out at "hou". The pilot reported that the #2 engine lost oil press and was shut down and then c/b's started to pop the aircraft was shutdown, ground control was informed and they evacuated the aircraft. Inspection of the aircraft found that the hydaulic press line p/n 2607003-450 had been chaffed though by the power wire to the medical inverter kit. The wire was routed with the existing bundle located under the hyd. Reservoir. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 17 MAR 2003 AT 0900C, A LEAR 35A, S/N 35A-232 REGISTERED AS N8281, WAS BEING OPERATED AS GLOBAL AIR CHARTER (G2CA) REPORTED A FIRE IN THE AFT EQUIPMENT COMPARTMENT DURING TAXI OUT AT "HOU". THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE #2 ENGINE LOST OIL PRESS AND WAS SHUT DOWN AND THEN C/B'S STARTED TO POP THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUTDOWN, GROUND CONTROL WAS INFORMED AND THEY EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT THE HYDAULIC PRESS LINE P/N 2607003-450 HAD BEEN CHAFFED THOUGH BY THE POWER WIRE TO THE MEDICAL INVERTER KIT. THE WIRE WAS ROUTED WITH THE EXISTING BUNDLE LOCATED UNDER THE HYD. RESERVOIR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^