# Incident 20070816016209I: Lear 35A, Helena, MT, August 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2007, 10:15 local time
- Place: Helena, MT
- Airport: Helena Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: Y6WA
- Location: 46.6067° N, 111.9833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HELENA RGNL (HLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6067&lon=-111.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55FN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55FN-2020-02-28) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,087 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070816016209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 16, 2007 AT 1015 MDT, LEAR 35A, N55FN, REGISTERED TO MIDWAY AIR AMBULANCE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHILE ON APPROACH TO HELENA, MT DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE SMOKE HAD DISSIPATED BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED AT HELENA, MT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAWRENCEVILLE, GA ON AUGUST 16, 2007.

## Other reports on N55FN (1)

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

- [Accident 20181215022249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181215022249A), Dec 15, 2018: Gates Learjet Corp. 35A (N55FN), Key West, FL, Substantial damage. Part 135 operator medway air ambulance (certificate no.: Y6WA394L) operating 1978 Learjet 35A, N55FN, serial number 202 landing at Key West 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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