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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Newport News, VA · February 13, 2009

Date
February 13, 2009 · 15:22 local
Place
Newport News, VA
Airport
Newport News/Williamsburg International
Phase of flight
Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
BHKA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N52FN
Reported as
Lear 35A
Reported engine
Garrett TFE731*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,350 total968 in this make and model127 in the last 90 days

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) During a go-around/missed approach after a single engine ILS on the check ride, the left engine fuel computer light flickered on and the left engine quickly spooled down. The crew entered the downwind at kphf, declared an emergency and initiated an uneventful landing. Fuel computer of left engine failed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING A GO-AROUND/MISSED APPROACH AFTER A SINGLE ENGINE ILS ON THE CHECK RIDE, THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL COMPUTER LIGHT FLICKERED ON AND THE LEFT ENGINE QUICKLY SPOOLED DOWN. THE CREW ENTERED THE DOWNWIND AT KPHF, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND INITIATED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. FUEL COMPUTER OF LEFT ENGINE FAILED.