# Incident 20080930848349I: Lear 55LEAR, Omaha, NE, September 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2008, 12:50 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: G41A
- 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: N824MG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N824MG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 55 (registry code 5170702, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 55LEAR
- People aboard: 14
- 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/20080930848349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE ON A PART 14 CFR 135 ON DEMAND FLIGHT WITH FIVE PASSENGERS ONBOARD, APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR OUT FROM A SCHEDULED FUEL STOP IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, A PASSENGER COMPLAINED TO THE PILOT THAT THE TOILET WOULD NOT FLUSH.  THE PILOT CALLED THE COMPANY AND WAS DIRECTED TO RESET A TRIPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER.  THE BREAKER IMMEDIATELY TRIPPED AND THE PILOT WAS TOLD TO LEAVE IT OUT UNTIL THEY ARRIVE ON OMAHA WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE REPAIRS MADE OR DEFER IT.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AND GROUND POWER WAS CONNECTED, APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM AROUND THE LAVATORY WINDOW.  THE PILOT RETRIEVED THE COCKPIT FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND RETURNED TO THE LAV.  AT THIS TIME THERE WERE FLAMES EXITING THE HEADLINER.  THE PILOT EMPTIED THE EXTINGUISHER AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE FIRE WAS FINALLY EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  AN 18 INCH BY 24 INCH HOLE WAS BURNED THROUGH THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE BETWEEN FRAME 22 AND 24 ABOVE THE LAVATORY WINDOW.  DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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