# Incident 20090430005369I: Lear 55LEAR, Lubbock, TX, April 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2009, 11:26 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock Preston Smith International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6637° N, 101.8206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTL (LBB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6637&lon=-101.8206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N339BC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 55LEAR
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090430005369I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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