# Accident 20040719014549A: Lear 55LEAR, Ft Lauderdale, FL, July 19, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2004, 15:47 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EXOA
- Location: 26.1989° N, 80.1739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1989&lon=-80.1739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55LF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55LF-2005-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 55 (registry code 5170702, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 55LEAR
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE731*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,595 total, 1,994 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040719014549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LEAR JET N55LF DEPARTED THE FT. LAUDERDALE INT'L. AIRPORT (FLL) FOR A RE-POSITIONING FAR 91 VFR FERRY FLIGHT TO THE FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE). THE FXE TOWER CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31. THE ISSUED WIND WAS 230 VARIABLE 300 AT 25 GUSTS 35, HEAVY RAIN FROM THE WEST EASTBOUND. THE RUNWAY WAS WET AND HAD STANDING WATER ON IT, LOW LEVER WIND SHEAR ADVISORIES WERE IN EFFECT AND A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING. THE AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY LANDED 1500' DOWN THE 4000' RUNWAY. ON LANDING THE PILOT REPORTED THAT A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER BEGAN FALLING AT TOUCHDOWN AND AFTER APPLYING BRAKES AND THRUST REVERSERS THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. HE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN GO-AROUND PROCEDURES. IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE END OF THE RUNWAY WAS COMING UP AND A TAKEOFF WAS NOT POSSIBLE ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY. THE PIC ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, CRASHED THROUGH A WIRE FENCE AND CAME TO A STOP IN A DITCH APPROXIMATELY 856' FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THERE WAS NO POST AIRCRAFT FIRE. THE SIC RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA04FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA107), Jul 19, 2004: Learjet 55 (N55LF), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's decision to continue the approach into known area of potentially severe weather (Thunderstorm), which resulted in the flight encountering a 30 knot cross wind, heavy rain, low-level…

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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