# Incident 20090618011169I: Lear 45LEAR, Fort Worth, TX, June 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2009, 12:00 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N998AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N998AL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 45 (registry code 5170805, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 45LEAR
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE731*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20090618011169I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THIS LEAR JET (LR-45) WAS BEING OPERATED BY A & P MECHANICS EMPLOYED BY TURBINE ENGINE SPECIALISTS (TEHR262X) FOR THE PURPOSE TO TAXI OUT  FOR AN ENGINE TEST RUN ON THE #1 (LEFT ENGINE).  DURING TAXI IT WAS NECESSARY TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC.  THE MECHANIC ADVANCED THE THROTTLES FOR TAXI AND TO CLIMB A 15 TO 20 FOOT HILL.  WHEN THE MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO REDUCE THE THROTTLES ONLY THE #2 (RIGHT ENGINE) COULD BE RETARDED.  THE # 1 ENGINE WAS AT A HIGH POWER SETTING AND COULD NOT BE REDUCED.  THE AIRCRAFT LEFT 4 SKID MARKS AS THE MAIN TIRES WERE LOCKED FOR APPROXIMATELY THE LENGTH OF A LITTLE MORE THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD.  THE MECHANICS COULD NOT SHUT DOWN # 1 ENGINE.  CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST WITH THE # 1 ENGINE AT A HIGH POWER SETTING.  THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE CORNER OF A HANGER.  THE NOSE GEAR BROKE AND AN EMBANKMENT STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE MECHANICS WERE THEN ABLE TO SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGINES AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.  THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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