# Incident 20030427014909I: Lear 35A, Lakeland, FL, April 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2003, 07:30 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ESUA
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72LL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72LL-2008-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030427014909I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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