# Incident 20070102000049I: Lear 35A, Houston, TX, January 2, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2007, 12:50 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: A8JA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N135FA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N135FA-2017-12-27) (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 TFE731*
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070102000049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE DEPARTING FROM DUNCAN, OK (KDUC) N135FA, A LEARJET 35A, LOST BOTH LEFT HAND MAIN TIRES DURING TAKE-OFF. PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKE-OFF, AIRCRAFT HAD A SLIGHT PULL TO THE LEFT DURING ROTATION. KDUC UNICOM CONTACTED THE AIRCRAFT AND ADVISED THEM THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LOST A TIRE ON TAKE-OFF. PILOTS DID A FLY-BY SO GROUND CREW COULD VERIFY STATUS OF AIRCRAFT. GROUND CREW ADVISED PILOTS THAT BOTH LEFT HAND MAIN TIRES WERE MISSING AND ALL THAT THEY SAW WAS TIRE RIMS ONLY. PILOTS DIVERTED TO KHOU TO BURN OFF FUEL AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR LANDING IN HOUSTON. CREW BRIEFED THE PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE EMERGENCY SITUATION AND EVACUATION. AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFUL ON RUNWAY 35 AT KHOU, AND WAS MET BY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT HAND FLAP ASSEMBLY, A 2" CUT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SKIN, AND A DENT IN THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAP. BRAKE HOSE PROTECTIVE WRAPPING WAS CUT, BUT NO DAMAGE TO LINE INTEGRITY. LEFT HAND OUTBOARD WHEEL ASSEMBLY IS MISSING THE LINER-KEYWAY ASSEMBLY FROM THE WHEEL. A PIECE OF THE KEYWAY WAS FOUND ON THE RUNWAY AT KDUC, ALONG WITH BOTH L/H MAIN TIRES. TIRES AND WHEELS HAD A TOTAL OF 39 LANDINGS SINCE NEW AND INSP.

## Other reports on N135FA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20080315014499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080315014499I), Mar 15, 2008: Lear 35A (N135FA), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On March 15, 2008, central daylight time, a gates Lear 35A multi-engine turbojet departed houston hobby airport (hou) direct to San Antonio International…

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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