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FAA incident report · Lear 60LEAR · Bedford, MA · December 9, 2006

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Date
December 9, 2006
Place
Bedford, MA
Airport
Laurence G Hanscom Fld
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JBGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N60AN
Reported as
Lear 60LEAR
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW305A
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,125 total1,870 in this make and model89 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) During start the pilot was signaled by ground observer to stop the start sequence, pilot went to idle cut off. Pilot exited aircraft to determine the cause of the shut down signal. When he went back to visibly check, he saw flames coming out the right engine, he returned to the aircraft and pulled the fire handle, (did not discharge the fire bottle). The damage observed on the air frame consisted of the following: right delta fin had visible heat damage to the painted surface, the right elevator had what appeared to be heat damage to the painted surface, both upper and lower stang covers for the right reverser links had fire damage, and the tail cone was heat damaged. Conductivity tests were accomplished on the elevator and delta fin with no structural damage findings. Both upper and lower stang covers were replaced, tail cone was replaced. Could not down load engine recorder will replace recorder and fadac control unit. The units that were installed when the incident were sent back to p&w.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING START THE PILOT WAS SIGNALED BY GROUND OBSERVER TO STOP THE START SEQUENCE, PILOT WENT TO IDLE CUT OFF. PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE SHUT DOWN SIGNAL. WHEN HE WENT BACK TO VISIBLY CHECK, HE SAW FLAMES COMING OUT THE RIGHT ENGINE, HE RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND PULLED THE FIRE HANDLE, (DID NOT DISCHARGE THE FIRE BOTTLE). THE DAMAGE OBSERVED ON THE AIR FRAME CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING: RIGHT DELTA FIN HAD VISIBLE HEAT DAMAGE TO THE PAINTED SURFACE, THE RIGHT ELEVATOR HAD WHAT APPEARED TO BE HEAT DAMAGE TO THE PAINTED SURFACE, BOTH UPPER AND LOWER STANG COVERS FOR THE RIGHT REVERSER LINKS HAD FIRE DAMAGE, AND THE TAIL CONE WAS HEAT DAMAGED. CONDUCTIVITY TESTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED ON THE ELEVATOR AND DELTA FIN WITH NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FINDINGS. BOTH UPPER AND LOWER STANG COVERS WERE REPLACED, TAIL CONE WAS REPLACED. COULD NOT DOWN LOAD ENGINE RECORDER WILL REPLACE RECORDER AND FADAC CONTROL UNIT. THE UNITS THAT WERE INSTALLED WHEN THE INCIDENT WERE SENT BACK TO P&W.