# Incident 20091010020369I: Lear 35A, Pittsburgh, PA, October 10, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2009, 00:35 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: Y6WA
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40PK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40PK-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 7
- 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/20091010020369I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 10, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 0035 EASTERN TIME, A GATES LEARJET 35A, OPERATED BY MEDWAY AIR AMBULANCE INCORPORATED (Y6WA) UNDER 14 CFR PART 135, FLEW FROM THE WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIAD) TO THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT (KAGC) AND STRUCK A DEER SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 28.  THE AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIRE FIGHTING (ARFF) UNITS HAD RESPONDED YET WERE NOT UTILIZED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR PASSENGER.  THE CAPTIAN OF THE AIRCRAFT MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: "WE DEPARTED WASHINGTON DULLES APPROXIMATELY 0000 LOCAL, UPON LANDING RUNWAY 28 AT ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT AROUND 0035 LOCAL, WE TOUCHED DOWN AND ROLLED APPROXIMATELY ONE (1) TO TWO (2) SECONDS AND TWO SMALL DEER APPEARED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.  LIFTED AIRCRAFT NOSE SLIGHTLY TO ATTEMPT TO AVOID CONTACT WITH DEER, FELT IMPACT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT, CONTINUED TO BRAKE NORMALLY.  WE ADVISED TOWER AND EXITED FIRST AVAILABLE; TAXIED TO HANGAR FOR FURTHER INSPECTION."  AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM CORPORATE AIR REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE TWO DENTS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT FLAP.  MEDWAY AIR AMBULANCE REQUESTED TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT SO MAINTENANCE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AT THEIR HOME BASE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC AND FOUND TO BE SAFE FOR FERRY FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN UNDER A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT FROM ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT (KAGC) TO GWINNETT COUNTY AIRPORT (KLZU) WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE FLIGHT CREW'S ACTIONS OR LACK OF ACTIONS DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N40PK (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090127002839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090127002839I), Jan 27, 2009: Lear 35A (N40PK), Lawrenceville, GA, Minor damage. On the night of January 27, 2009 my first officer, [privacy data omitted] and I, [privacy data omitted], returned from orl. The reported weather was three…
- [Incident 20021102030899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021102030899I), Nov 2, 2002: Lear 35A (N40PK), Rifle, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing at Rifle, CO, on runway 26, the high pressure hyraulic line from the left engine failed, causing loss of brakes and complete hydraulic…
- [Incident 19880623029329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880623029329I), Jun 23, 1988: Lear 35A (N40PK), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Pilot had a red unsafe right main gear light after takeoff. Dumped fuel. Returned. Had blown main gear tire.

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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