# Accident 20041220033989A: Lear 25B, Cedar Rapids, IA, December 20, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2004, 13:15 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Cedar Rapids Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DQIA
- Location: 41.8839° N, 91.7064° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8839&lon=-91.7064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252BK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N252BK-2013-06-07) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041220033989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CID, EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION INDICATION, CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT, AND LANDED AT CID ON RUNWAY 13. UPON NOSE WHEEL CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, OVER A BERM, AND STOPPED ON RUNWAY 9. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE IN THE LEFT WING ATTACHMENT AREA AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THE RIGHT WING TIP TANK.

## 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 CHI05LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA047), Dec 20, 2004: Learjet 25B (N252BK), Cedar Rapids, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot was not able to maintain directional control of the airplane due to the failure of the nose gear strut seal which prevented the nose wheel from centering. A factor associated with the…

## Other reports on N252BK (1)

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

- [Incident 20010426010599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010426010599I), Apr 26, 2001: Lear 25B (N252BK), Saint George, UT, Minor damage. (-23) After landing, the flight crew could not keep the aircraft on the runway. It departed the left side of runway 16, hitting a taxiway sign, causing minor…

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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