20090430005369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 55LEAR · Lubbock, TX · April 30, 2009

Date: April 30, 2009 · 11:26 local
Place: Lubbock, TX
Airport: Lubbock Preston Smith International
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N339BC
Reported as: Lear 55LEAR
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 24,000 total6,000 in this make and model25 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

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(-23) On April 30, 2009, at approximately 1126 CDT, the crew of N339BC, a Learjet model 55, executed a takeoff roll on runway 17R at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (klbb). On or shortly after V1 speed, both main tires on the left main gear ruptured, disentigrated, and departed from the wheel assemblies. The tire remnants were found by airport personnel on the west side of the runway 17R between taxiways v and s. pieces of brake rotating discs, steel wheel clips, and aluminum wheel pieces were found near the centerline of runway 17R, north of runway 8. The flight crew elected to continue their flight as scheduled to nassau, Bahamas (mynn). Upon landing at mynn the aircraft sustained damage to the left flap, left hand fuselage skin between frames 18 and 19, and both left main wheels and brakes. The left engine cowling lower side and the lower thrust reverser cowling on the left engine were also damaged.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 30, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1126 CDT, THE CREW OF N339BC, A LEARJET MODEL 55, EXECUTED A TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 17R AT LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLBB). ON OR SHORTLY AFTER V1 SPEED, BOTH MAIN TIRES ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR RUPTURED, DISENTIGRATED, AND DEPARTED FROM THE WHEEL ASSEMBLIES. THE TIRE REMNANTS WERE FOUND BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 17R BETWEEN TAXIWAYS V AND S. PIECES OF BRAKE ROTATING DISCS, STEEL WHEEL CLIPS, AND ALUMINUM WHEEL PIECES WERE FOUND NEAR THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 17R, NORTH OF RUNWAY 8. THE FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO CONTINUE THEIR FLIGHT AS SCHEDULED TO NASSAU, BAHAMAS (MYNN). UPON LANDING AT MYNN THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FLAP, LEFT HAND FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN FRAMES 18 AND 19, AND BOTH LEFT MAIN WHEELS AND BRAKES. THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING LOWER SIDE AND THE LOWER THRUST REVERSER COWLING ON THE LEFT ENGINE WERE ALSO DAMAGED.