# Accident 20070326003499A: Lear 36A, Newport News, VA, March 26, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2007, 07:25 local time
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Airport: Williamsburg International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ESPA
- Location: 37.1317° N, 76.4928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1317&lon=-76.4928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N527PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N527PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 36A (registry code 5170603, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-36a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 36A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE731*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070326003499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MARCH 26, 2007 LR JET-36A, N527PA WAS OPERATED BY PHOENIX AIR GROUP AS FLIGHT 327. AT APPROXIMATELY 0725 EDT N527PA DEPARTED NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT/PHF ON RUNWAY 20. ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES BLEW. THE PILOTS DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND CONTINUED SWERVING LEFT THEN RIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE DRAG CHUTE WAS DEPLOYED SHORTLY AFTER THE ABORT DECISION WAS MADE. THE DRAG CHUTE FAILED. THE LEAR JET CONTINUED DRIFTING RIGHT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY HARD SURFACE INTO THE GRASSY AREA. AT THIS POINT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE. THE LEAR JET REENTERED THE RUNWAY FROM THE GRASS IN A RIGHT SKID AND IT CONTINUED SKIDDING OFF THE DEPARTURE END APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET. THE LEFT AFT WING SPAR WAS CRACKED AND BUCKLED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC07LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA087), Mar 26, 2007: Gates Learjet 36A (N527PA), Newport News, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the landing gear tires due to foreign object damage (FOD) on the runway. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the drag chute.

## Other reports on N527PA (1)

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

- [Incident 20051119032529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051119032529I), Nov 19, 2005: Lear 36A (N527PA), Newport News, VA. (-23) The aircraft returned to the Newport News, Virginia, airport (phf) from a target tow mission for the military and initiated an approach to land on rwy 7.…

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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