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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 25D · Tallahassee, FL · August 20, 2008

Date: August 20, 2008 · 17:30 local
Place: Tallahassee, FL
Airport: Tallahassee Regional
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: SUZA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4447P
Reported as: Lear 25D
Reported engine: GE CJ610*
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,600 total400 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N4447PRegistered now · Gates Learjet 25DS/N 338 Airframe modelGates Learjet 25D Engine modelGE CJ610-8&9Turbo-jet

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While on takeoff roll from runway 9 at tallahessee regional airport, the right main landing gear outboard tire failed. Debris from such tire struck the right main landing gear door, causing the door to partially break away from its hinge assembly. The partially attached right main gear door then contacted the right main landing gear inboard tire, causing damage to the tire that resulted in tire failure. The flight crew aborted the takeoff and successfully brought the aircraft to a full stop on the runway without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE ON TAKEOFF ROLL FROM RUNWAY 9 AT TALLAHESSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR OUTBOARD TIRE FAILED. DEBRIS FROM SUCH TIRE STRUCK THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR, CAUSING THE DOOR TO PARTIALLY BREAK AWAY FROM ITS HINGE ASSEMBLY. THE PARTIALLY ATTACHED RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR THEN CONTACTED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INBOARD TIRE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TIRE THAT RESULTED IN TIRE FAILURE. THE FLIGHT CREW ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A FULL STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.