# Incident 20050801019429I: Lear 31A, Wichita, KS, August 1, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2005, 20:40 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N518JG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 31A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE731*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050801019429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 1, 2005 DURING CLIMBOUT FROM WICHITA, KS (KICT) LEARJET, N518JG, SERIAL NUMBER 31-219, EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM AT 30,000 FEET, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE. THE PILOTS COMMENCED WITH EMERGENCY DESCENT, AND RETURNED TO KICT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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