# Incident 20040518009289I: Lear 25B, Laredo, TX, May 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2004, 17:03 local time
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Airport: Laredo International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CEDA
- Location: 27.5442° N, 99.4616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAREDO INTL (LRD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5442&lon=-99.4616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N239CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N239CA-2009-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 25B (registry code 5170511, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-5&6 (registry code 30013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-5-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25B
- Reported engine: GE CJ6106
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040518009289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE FROM LRD TO MMTO THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED A FIRE INDICATION ON THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE. THE CREW WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE INDICATION LIGHT USING STANDARD EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. THE FLIGHT CREW THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO LRD WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON THE GROUND REVEALED THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE EXHAUST CASE ASSEMBLY, PART NUMBER 6023T09G02, WAS CRACKED.

## Other reports on N239CA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000517022379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000517022379I), May 17, 2000: Lear 25B (N239CA), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. (-23) No narrative available.

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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