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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 45LEAR · Grand Island, NE · November 21, 2003

Date
November 21, 2003 · 13:00 local
Place
Grand Island, NE
Airport
Central Nebraska Regional
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
AKGA
Aircraft
N45NP
Reported as
Lear 45LEAR
Reported engine
Garrett TFE731*
People aboard
2
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 November 21, 2003, at FL 41, at 13:00 CST, while en route from missoula, Montana, to st. joseph, Missouri, Lear jet N45NP had a fire warning indication on l/h engine. Crew notified denver center and then accomplished all the engine fire procedures. No other indications were noted at this time such as high oil temp or itt but engine was shutdown and both fire bottles were fired. The aircraft diverted to Grand islan, NE, and at 5000 MSL fire warning light went out and the crew landed without incident on one engine. After landing the crew inspected the aircraft engine, there were no indications of a fire being present. Aircraft was on a FAR 91 flight. Mechanical reliability report (mmr) was filed with the certificate management office on December 2, 2003.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 21, 2003, AT FL 41, AT 13:00 CST, WHILE EN ROUTE FROM MISSOULA, MONTANA, TO ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, LEAR JET N45NP HAD A FIRE WARNING INDICATION ON L/H ENGINE. CREW NOTIFIED DENVER CENTER AND THEN ACCOMPLISHED ALL THE ENGINE FIRE PROCEDURES. NO OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NOTED AT THIS TIME SUCH AS HIGH OIL TEMP OR ITT BUT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND BOTH FIRE BOTTLES WERE FIRED. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO GRAND ISLAN, NE, AND AT 5000 MSL FIRE WARNING LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE CREW LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON ONE ENGINE. AFTER LANDING THE CREW INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE, THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A FIRE BEING PRESENT. AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FAR 91 FLIGHT. MECHANICAL RELIABILITY REPORT (MMR) WAS FILED WITH THE CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT OFFICE ON DECEMBER 2, 2003.