# Incident 20031118032219I: Lear 35A, Monterey, CA, November 18, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2003, 19:36 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Airport: Monterey Peninsula
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SV6A
- Location: 36.6012° N, 121.8828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monterey, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6012&lon=-121.8828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85SV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85SV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031118032219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY V1 HE NOTICED A RED MASTER CAUTION LIGHT FOR THE SPOILERS SYSTEM. HE ABORTED HIS TAKE OFF "WITH PLENTY OF RUNWAY TO SPARE." AS HE TAXIED BACK TO THE LINE HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND CYCLED THE SPOILER CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE MASTER WARNING WENT OUT. AT THIS POINT HE CONTINUED TO TAXI BACK FOR TAKEOFF. AFTER HE WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND NOTED THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT FEEL AS IF IT WERE GOING TO FULL POWER. HE ABORTED THE SECOND TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 30 KTS. HE CONTINUED HIS TAXI TO TAXIWAY CHARILY WHICH IS IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE AIRPORT. AT THIS POINT THE TOWER STATED HE WAS ON FIRE. THE AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY RESPONDING, AS HE STOPPED HIS AIRCRAFT THE PLANE WAS EVACUATED AND THE FIRES (BOTH MAINS) WERE PUT OUT.

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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