# Incident 20080429832229I: Lear 60LEAR, Winston Salem, NC, April 29, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Winston Salem, NC
- Airport: Smith Reynolds
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: I5WA
- Location: 36.1337° N, 80.2220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH REYNOLDS (INT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1337&lon=-80.2220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82KK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 60LEAR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 2,091 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080429832229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INITIATED TAKEOFF, RUNWAY 33; WIND 300 @ 12 GUSTING. AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT OF CENTERLINE. PILOT CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER, BELIEVING IT WAS A CROSSWIND GUST; AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PULL LEFT. CREW FELT VIBRATION AND CONTROL ISSUES APPROACHING 110 TO 120 KNOTS, AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. ALL FOUR MAIN TIRES HAD FAILED, WITH SIGNIFICANT TIRE DAMAGE.

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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