# Incident 20060812016229I: Lear 31A, Amarillo, TX, August 12, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2006, 13:17 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: U5OA
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N825AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N825AC-2008-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 31A (registry code 5170531, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 31A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060812016229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 12, 2006, N825AC, A LEAR JET, MODEL 31A, OPERATED BY SUPERIOR TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATES INC (U5OA), DBA STA JETS, ABORTED TAKEOFF AFTER BLOWING A MAIN WHEEL TIRE AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 22 AT THE RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO AIRPORT, IN AMARILLO, TEXAS, AT 1317 CDT. THE PROPOSED FLIGHT FROM AMARILLO, TEXAS, TO VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA, WAS OPERATED UNDER PART 135 WITH TWO FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS AND ONE PASSENGER. ONE OF THE RIGHT MAIN TIRES FAILED ABEAM TAXIWAY CHARLIE AS THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 100 KNOTS INDICATED AIRSPEED. THE CREW NOTIFED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL THEY WERE ABORTING THE TAKEOFF AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED ABEAM TAXIWAY BRAVO. THE SECOND RIGHT MAIN TIRE FAILED APPROXIMATELY 4,500 FEET DOWN RUNWAY 22 PRIOR TO PASSING TAXIWAY BRAVO. THE TWO LEFT MAIN TIRES FAILED AS THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED BELOW 45 KNOTS AT APPROXIMATELY 6,500 FEET PRIOR TO TAXIWAY ALPHA. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED IN THE GRASS 10,000 TO 11,000 FEET FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT CREW AND THE PASSENGER EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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