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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Modesto, CA · September 16, 2006

Date: September 16, 2006 · 08:40 local
Place: Modesto, CA
Airport: Modesto City-County Airport-Har
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N727MG
Reported as: Lear 35A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,800 total350 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) According to the PIC, he called for "speed brakes" shortly after touchdown. The SIC stated the PIC had called for "steering" and so engaged the electric nose wheel steering. This call is not normal unless below 40 KIAS. The pilot was holding in r rudder to compensate for a crosswind. When the nose wheel steering was engaged the plane immediately exited the runway to the right. The PIC was able to bring the plane back under control on the parallel taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PIC, HE CALLED FOR "SPEED BRAKES" SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE SIC STATED THE PIC HAD CALLED FOR "STEERING" AND SO ENGAGED THE ELECTRIC NOSE WHEEL STEERING. THIS CALL IS NOT NORMAL UNLESS BELOW 40 KIAS. THE PILOT WAS HOLDING IN R RUDDER TO COMPENSATE FOR A CROSSWIND. WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING WAS ENGAGED THE PLANE IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. THE PIC WAS ABLE TO BRING THE PLANE BACK UNDER CONTROL ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY.