# Accident 20050715016089A: Lear 35A, Eagle, CO, July 15, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2005, 09:23 local time
- Place: Eagle, CO
- Airport: Eagle County Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CKBA
- Location: 39.6425° N, 106.9344° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6425&lon=-106.9344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N620JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N620JM-2007-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE7312
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29,612 total, 8,967 in this make and model, 189 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050715016089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 15, 2005, AT APPROX. 0923 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A LEARJET MODEL 35, N620JM, OPERATED BY ASPEN BASE OPERATION, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER A VISUAL FLIGHT PLAN AND THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR 135. THE TWO PILOTS AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ASPEN CO, AND LANDED AT VAIL CO. AT TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 25, THE COPILOT REPORTED A LATERAL SHIFT/SHIMMY IN THE AIRCRAFT AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE, THE AIRCRAFT, DEPLOYED GROUND SPOILERS AND THRUST REVERSERS WHEREIN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN AN UNCOMMANDED TURN TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AT APPROXIMATELY A 45 DEGREE CURVED PATH FROM RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND 500 FEET FROM INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED STRAIGHT FOR 1300 FEET, GOING AIRBORNE THREE TIMES, SHEARING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AT 820 FEET & THE LEFT GEAR AT 1115 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY DEPARTURE POINT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST POINTING NORTH AND CAUGHT FIRE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE NACELLE, AFT PORTION OF THE RIGHT WING & THE RIGHT FUSELAGE.

## 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 DEN05LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA111), Jul 15, 2005: Gates Learjet 35A (N620JM), Eagle, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper flare resulting in the hard landing and the fractured nose gear attachment, and the subsequent loss of control. Factors contributing to the accident were the high airspeed on…

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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