# Incident 20080504832249I: Lear 55LEAR, Omaha, NE, May 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2008, 13:10 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ET7A
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N905RL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 55LEAR
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE731*
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080504832249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1810 UTC AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, A LEARJET LR-55, N905RL, S/N 074 ON A 135 AIR CHARTER FLIGHT WAS TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE AND REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN TO OMA GROUND CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND SIX PEOPLE EVACUATED WITHOUT INJURY. AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT EPPLEY AIRPORT FOUND A DEFECTIVE COCKPIT BLOWER MOTOR TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE. THE ITEM WAS DEFERRED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO HOME BASE IN VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA, FOR MAINTENANCE.

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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