# Incident 20070329005249I: Lear 55LEAR, Amarillo, TX, March 29, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2007, 10:51 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N273MG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 55LEAR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 106 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070329005249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CREW ABORTED FIRST TAKE-OFF RUN ON RUNWAY 22 AT APPROXIMATELY 100 KNOTS WHEN THE RIGHT THRUST REVERSER SYSTEM ALERTED AND ILLUMINATED THE CAUTION LIGHT FOR THRUST REVERSER UNLOCKED. THE BLEED AIR AND DEPLOYED LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE DURING THE TAKE-OFF RUN, SO THE CREW CYCLED THE THRUST REVERSER SYSTEM SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE TAXI BACK AND CONFIRMED VISUALLY THAT THE RIGHT REVERSER WAS STOWED SHUT AND ALL THE LIGHTS WERE WORKING PROPERLY. THEY MADE A SECOND TAKE-OFF ATTEMPT BUT ABORTED AT 50 KNOTS WHEN THE SAME CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DURING THE SECOND ABORT, THE MAIN TIRES FAILED SEQUENTIALLY AND THERE WAS WHEEL RIM AND BRAKE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. A MICRO SWITCH WAS REPLACED ON THE RIGHT THRUST REVERSER. THE MANUFACTURER HAS SIMPLIFIED THE THRUST REVERSER ADVISORY SYSTEM IN SUBSEQUENT AIRCRAFT AND IT IS MORE EFFECTIVE AND ROBUST. CREW WAS COUNSELED ON THE NEED TO COOL THE TIRES AFTER A LONG TAXI OR A TAKE-OFF ABORT.

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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