# Accident 20040904022989A: Lear 25B, Colorado Spring, CO, September 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SUZA
- Location: 38.8050° N, 104.7000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8050&lon=-104.7000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47MR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47MR-2009-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 25B (registry code 5170511, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-SER series (registry code 30006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25B
- Reported engine: GE CJ610*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,300 total, 4,830 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040904022989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPT. 4, 2004, AT COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT, COLORADO, TWO CREW AND ONE PASSENGER (LIFE GUARD FLIGHT) WERE TAKING OFF IN A LEAR 25B ON RUNWAY 17L WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. SHORTLY AFTER APPROACHING V 1 SPEED, THE CREW FELT A MODERATE VIBRATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED BY A TIRE BLOW OUT. THE ABORT CALLOUT WAS ENACTED AROUND 3,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE LEFTSIDE TIRE BLEW ABOUT ONE SECOND AFTER THE RIGHTSIDE. THE CAPTAIN MAINTAINED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE CRAFT, AVOIDING THE DEBRIS BEING EJECTED FORWARD. AFTER BRAKE FAILURE WAS NOTICED, THE DRAG CHUTE WAS DEPLOYED AND SLOWED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO RESTRAIN IT FROM GOING OFF THE END. TO AVOID RUNNING INTO THE ILS AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE CAPTAIN TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP OFF THE RUNWAY 40-50 FEET ON THE RIGHT. AN EVACUATION WAS ORDERED AND THE CREW AND THE PATIENT WERE EVACUTED WITH NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE.

## 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 DEN04LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA138), Sep 4, 2004: Gates Learjet 25B (N47MR), Colorado Spring, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: right main tire failure for reasons undetermined.

## Other reports on N47MR (1)

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

- [Incident 19951004035469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951004035469I), Oct 4, 1995: Lear 25B (N47MR), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Narrative: on 10-04-95, at approximately 0100 hours local time, Learjet 25B, N47MR, piloted by john c. dudeck, #ATP565753035, attempted to land at Will Rogers…

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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