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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Lakeland, FL · April 27, 2003

Date: April 27, 2003 · 07:30 local
Place: Lakeland, FL
Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: ESUA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N72LL
Reported as: Lear 35A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,500 total300 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N72LLRegistration cancelled Jun 6, 2008 · Gates Learjet 35AS/N 275 Airframe modelGates Learjet 35A

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) Flight crew stated that the aircraft lost steering and brakes while being directed to parking spot. Aircraft struck railing around porch of piedmont FBO. Damage to aircraft limited to radome and fuselage skins on left side of fuselage in area of avionics bay. Lineboy marshalling aircraft and one additional witness estimated speed of aircraft at 20 mph. Crew states they were only moving at 5MPH. Nose wheel steering angle is limited by speed. A taxi check of aircraft performed by mechanic and FAA inspector was normal.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FLIGHT CREW STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOST STEERING AND BRAKES WHILE BEING DIRECTED TO PARKING SPOT. AIRCRAFT STRUCK RAILING AROUND PORCH OF PIEDMONT FBO. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT LIMITED TO RADOME AND FUSELAGE SKINS ON LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE IN AREA OF AVIONICS BAY. LINEBOY MARSHALLING AIRCRAFT AND ONE ADDITIONAL WITNESS ESTIMATED SPEED OF AIRCRAFT AT 20 MPH. CREW STATES THEY WERE ONLY MOVING AT 5MPH. NOSE WHEEL STEERING ANGLE IS LIMITED BY SPEED. A TAXI CHECK OF AIRCRAFT PERFORMED BY MECHANIC AND FAA INSPECTOR WAS NORMAL.